After a day off yesterday to do some much needed maintenance and a bit of craftwork we headed off this morning in sunshine for Hatton. We intended a very lazy day, just travelling to the top of the flight ready to tackle the 21 locks tomorrow. I took a walk to the village shop in Shrewley while Ray took the boat through the tunnel, there is actually a tunnel on part of the horse path too! I stocked up on a few essentials then met Ray at the other end of the tunnel. A cup of coffee later we carried on to the moorings at the top of Hatton flight. After so long on narrow locks it is quite daunting to see the great flight of broad locks ahead of us down the hill.
We took a walk to see what we would be facing, the paddle gear seems to need a lot of turns but also looks fairly easy. We will probably hang around to see if anyone else is heading down tomorrow morning, sharing locks saves water and will also mean less work.
So far this year we have travelled 362.3 miles, 312 locks, 34 lift bridges and 13 tunnels
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