We took flight.

Would you just look at that sunset.  I just love good weather when I'm away from home, sadly they too had this sort of a sky, I know that as my mother told me so.

So next morning I decided against walking down to the first lock or even the service point at the bottom because we'd had a smattering of rain and my trainers would get wet.

Red at night, shepherds delight.

Curiously at the service point a dustbin lorry turned up, he was looking to empty the recycling but there wasn't a recycling bin there!  He asked David to see him reverse out of the narrow track and turn without ending up in the canal.

David is so clever.

Well I wasn't expecting to see this here!

WaL exiting the first lock.

This bottom end of the locks is my favourite, I like the open views, but a fellow crew that day said she disliked it for the same reason....

The sky was bluer than the photo implies.  Gorgeous day.

I got chatting to these CART chaps, one said we at CART like digging 'oles, then we fill them up with something else.  It turned out that this paddle was "Wobbly", 

Had it been working I asked?

Oh yes but the volunteers were moaning a lot about it so it's been fixed.

But the paddle on the Colwich lock (Near to our marina) has been out of action for over a year says I, can you fix that one?

It's not my area..

There's a lesson in there somewhere for someone.

Men digging an 'ole.

A stir had been caused on the flight.  It upset several boaters who we followed.  A vintage boat had come through with a non motorised butty, the pair had been allowed, to turn the lock for the butty much to the chagrin of the waiting boaters, I believe the volunteer had instructed the action.

Is there a policy on Butty's at flights?

Almost there.

It was a very pleasant two hours odd, especially as I had only turned one lock.  Marvellous.   

At the top we moored up temporarily I was delighted that the knitting shop in town is still trading.  David planned to nap while I went there and brought some primrose yellow cotton yarn to make that Kiwi baby a not to warm cardigan for next winter, I'm hoping to make some booties too although her mother says no socks needed, her father is often without shoes! 

I'll still knit them.

Back again to WaL, David hadn't slept, he's awake at 5am most mornings, Reader I have tried to retrain him after a lifetime of early mornings and night work for that matter to no avail.

We headed out for a lovely mooring we had stopped at last spring but the armco was full of boats,  we tried to get on the back of the row but that was shallow, went on again, David pretty tired and a smidge grumpy by now.  Finally managed to moor up with lovely views and afternoon after rescuing a Day Boat from the mud on the offside.  

They were very very grateful.

Supper was salmon, pasta, cheesy spinach bake.