We loosed off quickly as we realised another boat was heading lockwards and we'd be able to share. They had locked alone when we arrived and so we shared with another that arrived whilst I was prepping the lock. The next lock saw is sharing with boat #1 until they pulled over at the Two Boats. Here another boat pulled out from the mooring and shared with is to the too of Stockton where we pulled over early so that I could repair the Ashted tunnel damage to the paintwork whilst the weather was kind. Once the painting was completed, I went and fetched the car from Hopwood and moved it to Braunston ready for tomorrow. Whilst I was away Brenda, having completed her chores, took her book out onto the front deck and enjoyed the sunshine until it went down behind the small trees opposite. When she returned inside the cabin the thermostat was reading 24 degrees. After dinner we wandered down to the Boat for a drink and admired the wonderful artwork atop tha bar showing a map of the Grand Union - the best canal map we've seen for quite a while. If any of you blog readers want a good book, try "Our Hidden Lives" by Simon Garfield which is nowt to do with canals but very much a blog-style tome about postwar living. (Mass Observation Archive)
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