We woke to rain this morning but it was only a very light drizzle when we set off 1040 hrs down to the marina entrance to wind and then stop at The Stop House to take on water, I also needed to put my rain coat on. The water taps at the Stop Hose are so slow we didn’t even flush the hose before moving up to the next water point where things were much better. Although it was wet and cold there was next to no breeze, that would come later.
Tank full and off we went, on the off side just before Braunston turn there are the ribs of an old Narrowboat, I think it was Lucky that was burnt out on the puddle bank some time ago.
CRT have cut back all the offside along the Puddle Bank, not a job I would have fancied.
They have also built up the bank level where it was over topping last time we came by.
Needless to say we didn’t see any boats on the move but we saw a lot still moored in exactly the same spot as last time we came this way including the wide beam up near Wigrams Turn. At Wigrams Turn the seagulls were making good use of the sign post outside the marina entrance. We carried 
By the time we were approaching our planned mooring just before the Napton Lock flight it had turned decidedly miserable, the rain was cold and the breeze had freshened quite a bit. Some of the local sheep enjoy the odd outing along the towpath but headed swiftly back to their field as we approached, there were 6 or 7 in total and they knew exactly where to go back to.
We have moored for the night just before the bend below the locks and Diana has taken a walk to the shops and returned with some Napton Buffalo Sausages.
Todays Journey 
7¾ miles with no locks in 3 hours
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