The forecast was for rain today so we waited until that cleared, just before we set off this ladies rambling group went by, we caught up with them at Brownsover by which time their numbers had swelled to 12 .
Also while we were waiting a pair of Kites were circling overhead but they didn’t both come into shot together.
We pushed off at 11 am just after the ex-working boat Bristol went by with comments about sharing locks. We gave him bit of a start but could soon see him in the distance ahead, turned out he had caught up with some more boats and he was still below Hillmorton when we arrived. We worked up in tandem assisting each other as we went, following
the other two boats up the flight. Its surprising how much faster the original locks are than the newer ones. We went through the Offside top lock which has a bottom paddle out as fast as our locking partner when through the nearside one.
After the locks I soon caught up with the boats ahead and Bristol caught up with me, so after Barby Straight I pulled over to let him pass as he wanted to make Branston this afternoon, where as we were mooring by the entrance to Dunchurch Pools marina.
Today’s Journey
7½ miles with 3 locks in 3¼ hours
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