Tuesday 18 August 2009

Catherine de Barnes to Kingswood. 5 Locks.



It rained, it had too, a day without rain is as rare as hens teeth at the moment!



Our passengers have arrived, unfortunately they lost a morning thanks to airline delays on an internal flight.


Everything normal at the airport then, their bags did arrive with them so that's a plus!



Still, they are here now and just getting ready for the first few locks, this small flight is unusually heavy to work through, definitely not a soft introduction to the art of locking.




They looked a bit strange to us as well, we have not been in a wide lock for months and they seemed huge. Lots of water here as it was falling over the top of the gates on every lock, must be all that rain.



Only a few miles from the bulk of Birmingham and the wide open spaces are back with us.


A quick visit to a local Inn before finding a night mooring.










A quick snap of our nice new front chimney, another bargain as it had a couple of scratches and was a bit dull. Bit of polish, lick of red paint good, as new.







To the Hatton flight tomorrow...........................










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