We started out this morning at about nine and I had to pause to take a photo of Morgana (formerly Nanshe) passing Nanshe as we approached Lapworth Top Lock.
After that it was the long haul down the first eighteen locks to Kingswood Junction, a pause for dumping the rubbish and then on again down another nine locks. The Stratford Canal isn't very mooring friendly, I don't expect, or want beautifully mown banks with mooring rings everywhere but foliage less than five feet high so you can actually find the bank would be useful. It is a very tranquil canal though. We eventually moored just short of Lowsonford at about two thirty. I was feeling rather tired even with Ray helping me at many of the locks. I actually abdicated from lock duty at a couple of locks and took the tiller instead.
We are now a couple of days from Stratford-on-Avon where we will spend a few days.
Today's journey 3.2 miles and 27 locks
So far this year we have travelled 328.1 miles, 253 locks, 34 lift bridges and 12 tunnels
Since Ray retired we have travelled 1063.8 miles, 900 locks, 55 swing bridges, 38 lift bridges and 37 tunnels
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