Stafford

Here I am Rune

Distance 8.3 miles

Total 2619 Locks  122 Tunnels

Running total mileage 3620.3 miles 

Today could be described as typical Bank Holiday weather, although not as bad as was originally forecast. The morning was OK but more rain moved in during the afternoon, it was just continuous drizzle rather than a downpour.

The day started off well, I was woken up by the sound of an electric motor unexpectedly running. It turned out that I’d managed to activate the programming on the recently serviced heating, which promptly switched itself on at 7.00am, the weather is warm enough and we didn’t really need it, but once it has switched itself on it needs to run for about 10 or 15 minutes to get up to operating temperature before switching it off again.

Soon after setting off we passed the local hire boat centre and it was obvious that a lot of hirers had taken advantage of the Friday to Monday hire since, although it was deserted when we got here yesterday, all of their hire boats appear to have been returned and the place was rammed this morning.

The trip was OK and we achieved our aim of getting to the outskirts of Stafford, although too late to get to the local shops so will need to get some provisions first thing tomorrow morning.