We actually had a little rain overnight, very little as it didn’t record on the rain gauge but I heard it pattering on the roof.
Several boats on the move before we set off this morning, I thought the level had come up a bit but in retrospect I think it was just the silt had moved from under us with the passing boats. We were away just after 10 AM and met lots of boats along the summit. The irises are well out in bloom along the canal and some are a very pale yellow.
Not only the irises but also the buttercups, this photo would have been much better two minutes earlier before the cloud covered the sun.
Its been quite heavy going along the summit today, this canal desperately needs dredging, after 5 miles we caught up with a boat that passed a whole hour before we left and we never topped 3MPH all the way, I think he was doing about 2¼ MPH. When we got to Marston Doles the back pumps were running
but its a very long pound to fill, about 11 miles and no doubt they would have been drawing water at Claydon to refill the slat mill that was drained the other day.
We locked down through the two Marston Doles locks and moored for the nigh by the Engine Arm, almost opposite where we moored for ten years.
Today’s Journey
8¼ miles with 2 locks in 4 hours
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