It has drizzled for most of the day so we were kitted out in full wet weather gear today. Leigh looked like a pro, I looked like I was dressed in my dad's clothes - all a few sizes too big. The wet weather does make maneuvering along the gunwhales and jumping off a bit precarious but with the new gritted paint work on the edges we were a lot safer in doing so.
We passed through the idilic village of Alrewas.
which has some astonishing and beautiful homes
with gardens reaching right to the canal edge.
After passing through Alrewas lock we were on the river section of the Trent and Mersey
and headling along a wide stretch to Wychnor lock.
We were then heading on the canal again towards Barton Under-Needwood. After navigating through the smallest of bridges we were heading to Branston.
We were on a roll and planned to get through Burton Upon Trent before stopping today so it was lunch and cups of tea on the go.We passed a few more locks including Dallow Lock in the heart of Burton Upon Trent.
Just before the village of Willington we found a lovely spot to moor farthest from the train track and the A road (both which follow the line of the canal all the way to Shardlow). In comparison to our journey we made in the opposite direction, we have travelled twice as far per day, so looks like we have really got a hang of things!
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