Well the first car to blow his horn on the bridge this morning kindly waited until 9am. We set off at 1030 to another dank, damp mist laden day which didn’t really improve much. As expected the boat that passed just after we moored yesterday was waiting to go down the lock tied up three boat lengths back, so I pulled in ahead of him. The Volockies had been letting water down to refill all the side ponds and all three of them were near the top lock which was handy for booking in. There was one boat coming up so the plan was the boat that was here first would go down, we would follow. We would both pass the upcoming boat between locks 5 and 6 and be on our way. One Volockie worked up with the boat coming up, one with the boat ahead of us and one with us so it was quite a smooth passage with only a short wait while the upcoming boat was secured half way.
Once clear of the locks we turned left towards Leicester and pulled over to fill with water before continuing on passed Debdale marina where this pole stands on the towpath.
If anyone has any idea what its for I would love to know.
Just after the marina the canal enters a SSSI. with the big blue notice, I suppose this accounts for the weeds growing half way across the canal.
What I didn’t expect was to meet a dayboat from Foxton Locks in a bridge hole. We carried on and winded just beyond Smeeton Aqueduct and ten dropped back a boats length to moor on the piling for the night.
Today’s Journey
3¾ miles with 10 locks in 3 hours
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