Tuesday 24th July.

8.0 am. Started off on a hot clear sunny morning cruising towards Hilmorton Locks.

9.0 am. Passed NB. Idunno (our winter mooring neighbours Gill& Don)  moored up, we called them but all we got was a call through open window hoppers with curtains closed.

10.0 am. Arrived at Hilmorton Locks where a boat was rising in the first lock, a short wait and we started.

10.45 am. Exited the third lock and set sail towards Rugby, we picked up a lot of boats following us.

11.30 am. Moored up on the park side at Rugby near Tesco. I set off with my little list to shop, Jo started lunch. On my return we had lunch.

1.30 pm. We started cruising again north east. Unfortunately we picked up a slow moving boat in front that cruised past moored boats so slow I had to take the engine out of gear (and there was a lot of moored boats), on clear stretches we didn't move a lot faster, so it was taking longer than we thought to get on.