The Magic of Dawn.

 Wednesday 27th July 2022 near Aqueduct Marina.

A truly magic early morning with mist rising off the water as the sun rose over the canal. You can just make out the boat ahead of us on the left.

This doesn't happen often but the light effects are so beautiful that even R got up at dawn to watch.

Not far to go today and only one narrow lock to go through. This is a busy 10 mile link waterway and there was another boat in front of us so we had to queue for a few minutes.

But there were two C&RT volunteers on duty, so we were very soon in the lock and on our way down. A rare treat for M to be able to stay on the boat and watch someone else doing the work!

Just beyond the lock is Venetian Marina; it has a very useful and well stocked shop, so we stopped for some milk and a couple of very welcome ice creams.

We moored up at the same pretty picnic site that we used ten days ago and had a quiet afternoon.

Tomorrow morning, we will go another one mile and one lock and put MM into Aqueduct Marina, where she is booked to stay for three nights while we go home - always assuming that there are trains running tomorrow after today's strike. So, watch this space....

Today: 1 mile, 1 lock and 0.5 hours. 

Trip: 315 miles, 192 locks and 169.2 hours.