We had a relatively easy day today, only needing to go a short distance as we're stopping just short of Wolverhampton to visit Wightwick Manor when it opens tomorrow.
One of the little pleasures of boating is seeing all the place names that locks and bridges are often named after. In addition to passing through Swindon (another one), this lock name particularly appealed:
Not far up the canal we came to the Bratch flight of locks. these are three locks set very close together, with a combined rise of over 30'. 
Going up, the gates just of the first two locks tower over the boat:
And then higher up the nice little octagonal lock keepers tower comes into view ...
And this is our peaceful mooring for the night, where the birdsong is significantly louder than the distant traffic noise, even though we're quite close to suburbia.
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