Wednesday 25th September 2019 in Willington.
As we are now going to be on our way back to MM's winter mooring at Aston, we decided to drive the car up to Aston, leave it there to wait for us and then take the train back to MM at Mercia. Adrian had a 5:45am flight to Greece, so he stayed last night, R drove him to the airport at 4:00am and we then drove straight up to Aston, where we had breakfast in No.26 with Mel and Peter and two of their friends. They kindly dropped us off at Stone Railway Station and we arrived at Mercia just after lunch. The sky looked really threatening.
Having unloaded our luggage on MM, we repaired to Mercia's café for afternoon tea and to catch our breath. Luckily, the clouds cleared and it turned into a lovely afternoon.
After settling our mooring bill, we set off towards Willington through the bridge that spans the entrance to the marina.
And, at last, back on to the canal. Hooray!
We moored up in the village of Willington, which has a railway station very close to the canal.That's MM on the right.
Next to our mooring is "The Dragon" restaurant and pub and, as we were flagging a bit, we treated ourselves to a very welcome Gin & Tonic each.
In the early evening, there was a sudden huge rain storm and the setting sun lit up the raindrops on the window...
...And made a beautiful rainbow, a scene worthy of a Constable painting.
Today: 1 mile, 0 locks and 0.4 hours.
Trip: 408 miles, 155 locks and 199.4 hours.
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