Not so cold last night but still a frost so the grass was white in places this morning. The weather forecast was for heavy rain so we set off earlier while it was bright, but once the cloud obscured the sun it felt colder than yesterday. Just below Hillmorton Locks the towpath hedge has been cut, but all the cuttings left on the edge of the towpath.
A boat had just exited the bottom lock as we arrived, a couple of minutes later and the gates would still have been open. We managed to do the flight without the help of a volockie, do we get a certificate for that? The middle lock was with us but the top against. There has been a good crop of hops between the middle and top lock this year.
Hillmorton Wharf Marine now not only has their basin packed with floating chalets, but they are building land based ones on the land beside it.
The rain held off until about 11 o’clock then it started very lightly before turning into a down poor. Our original plan was to go to Braunston tonight and return to our marina in the morning filling up with diesel at Dunchurch Pools on the way, but in view of the weather we stopped just by their entrance and will fill up in the morning.
Todays Journey
6 miles with 3 locks in 2½ hours
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