Well in three days we have gone from sleeping with no bedclothes and all hatches open to every thing closed up and the duvet on. Last night or early this morning I photographed the moon, not easy as its low in the sky and we were down below the locks, plus its half one in the morning and I am naked .
This morning we went to the Dry Dock to find Matt without any luck, so back to Harnser and on our way down through town, this Cormorant was resting on the old British Waterways crane.
Down through the bridges and out of town, then passed the Anderton Lift, they looked to have a
couple of customers at the café and down to Saltersford Lock which fortunately was already full.Martin the keeper rang ahead to Bob at Dutton to hell him we were on our way. Shortly later Martin rang back and said we may get held up for a short time at Dutton as they were doing routine maintenance. Passing the Riverside Inn at Acton Bridge the water looks quite shallow unless this Heron had stilts on.
I rand Bob at Dutton and told him we would stop in Acton Bridge for lunch so the chaps doing the maintenance could finish.
On the approach to Dutton Lock there is an old wreck, every year it decays slightly more and it must be heading towards the time it was removed before in breaks up completely into the river.
We were soon locking down as Bob had the lock full and the gate open ready for us. looking back as we dropped there was quite a bit of water coming through the top gate.
Once clear of the lock we chugged downstream for a bit looking for somewhere to moor, but as things we so overgrown we headed back upstream and moored just below the lock, it says no overnight mooring, but if Robbie can moor here on TV then so can I.
Today’s Journey,
7¾ miles with 2 locks in 3½ hours
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