Wet, wet, wet.

Monday 2nd July, 2012 near Froxfield.
In July the sun is hot.
Is it shining? NO IT'S NOT!!
(With apologies to Flanders and Swann).
Simon and Irene arrived early in the morning having driven up from Fareham, left their car at Great Bedwyn and taken the train to Hungerford. We walked up to the station to meet them, pausing only to buy a tin of dog food as bait for a crayfish trap which we acquired from the owners of nb "Greyfisher".

Back on board, the four of us had coffee and then set off to do the four locks to Froxfield in the pouring rain. The first lock is unique in that it has a swing bridge right across the middle of the lock so you have to open the swing bridge before you can fill the lock, otherwise the roof of your boat hits the bridge!

The rain continued all afternoon so we amused ourselves chatting, reading and having a "G&S" singalong. The grass was tall where we moored and we took this picture of the rain-soaked grasses through the window.

The plan was to eat at the Pelican Inn at Froxfield as it came highly recommended in the guide books, but, as with the Dundas Arms at Kintbury, we found that it was closed for renovation so M cooked a lovely meal instead.
Today: 3 miles, 4 locks and 3.4 hours.
Trip: 128 miles, 82 locks and 95.2 hours (240.0 total).