We started late today due to a combination of last night's mini GiG and this mornings rain. We passed through Aston lock and were amazed at the amount of standing water in the fields alongside the cut. At some places the water was running across the towpath into the canal from the aforementioned fields. As we approached Sandon lock, we were warned by a Northbound boater that BW had closed it to southbound craft whilst they adjusted the water levels in the next pound. When we moored up above the lock we were 13th in the queue. In order to pass time, we invited the crew from the boat behind us aboard for a coffee and then I went and did an oilchange and general Kubota service. Once this work was complete we then moved forward with the now moving queue to pass through the lock. We were through and on our way again by 4:30 and then experienced no further problems finally mooring opposite the new marina just north of Gt. Haywood. We sat down to our evening meal feeling rather jealous as we had just heard that Matt had caught and eaten over 100 crayfish at home yesterday.
Graham www.jannock.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
