Acton Bridge

A nice quiet night last night, but it never really got dark. This morning the rowers were about at about 8am but we didn’t see any after we set off at 10. We have seen more Goslings today than we have seen the rest of the trip, I don’t know if the white one in this group of 4 with young is a white “grey Goose” or just a feral one

We didn’t see any boats moving but one thing we noticed is how much the bank side vegetation has increased since out last visit 3 years ago thought. I would like this water feature in my garden.

One of our favourite moorings when we came on the river a lot was Devils Elbow, I don’t think we will be spending much time there this trip.

Soon we were at Dutton Lock and we pulled into the bank so Diana could go find the lock keeper, turned out he was one of the old seasonal lock keepers and a Narrowboater so we spent a bit of time catching up since we last met. There are only two seasonal keepers on the river now. The old wreck above the locks is slowly disappearing under the water. I have photographed it a few time over the years.

We only went as far as Acton Bridge as we have a table booked for dinner tonight.

Todays Journey

 

5¾ miles with 1 lock in 2½ hours.