Late Finish

We started really late, due to rain, shopping (we've just discovered fleece blankets) and a general inability to get going. However we were woken comparatively early by the movement of bins and goods outside the shops in Castle Quay. Next time we'll stick to the much quieter mooring by the park a few hundred yards away.

It seems really hard to find old-fashioned wool blankets. We've all decided the duvets we have on board are too warm for the current weather. I don't like the hospital style blankets that are more holes than substance (actually about 50%), so we've bought some fleece blankets. They're still much lighter than old fashioned woolen blankets but very cosy.

The result was we were still moving after sunset, stopping just as it became too dark to see as we moored.

Moored at Claydon Bottom lock.

Total distance is 6 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 7 locks