Sunday 26th August.

Set off after our day of rest yesterday and strait into our first lock of the day , Swindon lock, and then one more. This was followed by a double staircase lock at Botterham, one singe lock then

 Bratch locks that are single locks but are more like a staircase.

Then two locks and we started to look for a mooring, that proved to be difficult as the banks were heavily over grown, however we managed to pull in after bridge 55 Castle Croft. We were expecting the weather to turn nasty tomorrow so we were prepared to have another rest day.

Monday 27th August.

The weather looked as though it was going to turn bad later, but it was not raining yet
On taking the dogs out for their first walk of the day we walked towards the next bridge (56), where there was a good mooring with rings and no boats on it. Then I walked up the slope at the side of the bridge and could see the Mermaid Pub/ restaurant it looked very nice.
On my return to the boats I reported to C & G and it was decided to move the boats down to the moorings now, before the bad weather came and we could go for lunch at The Mermaid later. At lunch time we all went and had a very good meal there.
Got back to the boats yes we had some rain but not quite as bad as it had forecast.

Tuesday 28th August.

Just three locks, all within the first mile then we are on the summit, a full eleven miles before the first lock at Gailey.


 We sailed past Aldersley Junction and then past Autherley Junction on through the stone cutting and moored just past the Fox and Anchor.

Coffee on the bank followed by a glass or two of wine.






Wednesday 29th August.

Another day of bad weather forecast, so we are not moving today. Jo did some more home baking and I caught up with man jobs.