Monday 4 February 2013



The weekend passed well.  Saturday was a lovely sunny day with lots of people out dog walking and cycling.  We moored for the night about at about 3 seemingly in the middle of nowhere.  So plenty of daylight hours left.  Paul even watched the rugby and saw England beat Scotland.  Sunday morning we set off again, grey skies this time but it was still dry and we were making progress.  We stopped for lunch at South Wigston.  Paul had made lentil soup which had been simmering away on top of the fire all morning.  It was delicious.  So just 3 more locks then we would be at Kilby Bridge where we planned to spend the night.  It was as we approached the second of those lock we realised we had gone horribly wrong! There was scaffolding and the lock was drained and empty.  A bit too late in the day we got out the computer and checked the stoppages to find that Double Rail Lock was closed to have work done until 1st of March.  So here we are for the duration, half hour walk to the nearest water point and not enough room to turn around.  That will teach us to do our homework!!  Talking to the workmen this morning they say they are ahead of schedule so we have our fingers firmly crossed as we have yet to come up with a plan B!  The plus side is we are both well and Falcon is fairly well stocked so for now we are OK. 
So watch this space for developments, meanwhile I will post a couple of pictures for you to look at.

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