Getting wet, again !

It's always the same on a bank holiday, you go out for the day and you encounter road works. I have decided that rain is the canal equivilent of re-surfacing so of course it is happening today. Got up this morning - raining, worked our way through Hillmorton Locks - raining, cruised down to Rugby - raining, walked to Tesco -raining, came back out of Tesco back to boat - raining. The trouble is it isn't decent rain, it's mostly that horrible drizzly stuff which gets you wet but doesn't really do much for the water levels.

By the time we had unpacked the shopping and were dry for the first time since setting off neither of us felt much like getting wet again so we lit the fire and stayed put. We have been making good progress and have ot further than I thought we would so far so a short day isn't a problem. These damp days make my bones ache so I will hope for better days to come but the weather forecast isn't promising.

Today's journey 3.2 miles and 3 locks



So far this year we have travelled 98.6 miles, 105 locks, 3 swing bridges and 2 tunnels

In 2011 we travelled 461.4 miles, 444 locks, 3 swing bridges, 34 lift bridges and 15 tunnels

During 2010 we travelled 740.3 miles, 642 locks, 53 swing bridges, 4 lift bridges and 25 tunnels.
Since Ray retired we have travelled 1300.3 miles, 1191 locks, 59 swing bridges, 38 lift bridges and 42 tunnels