Farewell to Hyde Lock House?

Monday 29th September, 2014 north of Stourton Junction.
Michaelmas Day! There are Michaelmas Daisies everywhere now, making a fine show of blue and yellow. Sadly, the swallows have all now departed for warmer climes but that's normal for this time of year.
It was another lovely morning and we walked into the village to see the Estate Agent; he had found a plan of the property boundaries of the cottage, plus the answers to some of our questions. We were struck by the dense rush hour traffic in the High Street on a Monday morning: -

After a final visit to yet another tea-room and the obligatory purchase of a "few bits" from the Co-op (not forgetting another few rashers of the butcher's excellent "middle-cut" bacon), we finally said goodbye to Kinver and headed up to Hyde Lock on our way north. We photographed the mooring just below the lock that comes with the house.

Of course,we stopped for a while in the lock to take pictures and dream. So nice to see MM next to the house.

In the Agent's particulars there were no pictures of the back of the house - so we remedied that.

We stopped just above the lock to reconnoitre the footpaths leading directly into the village from the house. It would only take about 10 minutes to walk to the centre of the village.
We then did finally leave Kinver behind.  The next lock was Stewponey Lock; it is very picturesque and has nothing to do with the recent horsemeat scare, rather it is a former wharf with its original octagonal toll office.

Yet again we passed Stourton Junction and soon after, we moored up for the day just before Prestwood Bridge to give the washing time to dry before the sun set.
As it got dark, we took the washing in, more or less dry, although the towels were still damp. Good timing, because soon after the heavens opened and we had a massive thunderstorm, the first rain for ages.
Toady: 3 miles, 3 locks and 4.2 hours.
Trip: 270 miles, 174 locks and 205.3 hours.