Twas a bit grim weather wise this morning, but the temperature was fine so we left our mooring about midday.
Before we left I took a couple of pics of the iron wear plates on the bridges. The canal folks in the UK all know what they are, but for our non canal types they are iron wear plates fixed to most of the bridges, and the wear grooves were caused by the tow ropes between the horses and boats! You just can't imagine how much traffic there must have been to cause such wear.....fascinating!
Before we left I took a couple of pics of the iron wear plates on the bridges. The canal folks in the UK all know what they are, but for our non canal types they are iron wear plates fixed to most of the bridges, and the wear grooves were caused by the tow ropes between the horses and boats! You just can't imagine how much traffic there must have been to cause such wear.....fascinating!
Bought some snags and veggies from a lock-side farm shop.
There were a few jams going up the 15 Audlem locks, we only met 1 boat coming down so every lock had to be turned.
We filled the water and emptied the cassettes, so had a swift one whilst waiting for the tank to fill. What a terrific pub.
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