Monday - a relatively leisurely start to allow time for the shops in Market Drayton to open so that I could buy a new keyboard as it's a pain trying to type with an on-screeen version, the original that came with the PC having lost quite a few keys.
Once we'd got back to the boat, we joined yet another queue of boats for the next set of locks. Only five of them at Tyrley, but they took an age due to inexperienced (hire) boaters running aground and other problems.
Once we were moving though, we made good progress and the weather was fantastic. The canal here goes through many narrow and quite deep cuttings, often with spectacular bridges. We have rarely seen these bridges in such nice weather so it was worth taking a few photos.
As the weather was so good, it seemed worth pushing on to Wheaton Aston Lock, but this proved to be a lock too far and the heavens opened shortly before we got to the lock. But we were prepared and while I tied the boat up above the lock, Barbara helped the boat behind us through the lock as well.
The cool wet evening didn't encourage any walking so we tried a DVD, only to find that the telly audio was slowly failing and halfway through the DVD, gave up altogether. :-(
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