It is surprising what you can see from the canal!Last time to be up at 5am!!!!! All the 23 locks were against us. When we got to Farmers Locks the wind was really gusting through the tall buildings. David normally stops the boat and closes the top gate before driving into the next lock, but the gusting meant he couldn't leave the boat between locks. At the lock just before the BT tower he couldn't even get the boat into the next lock in a straight line. There was a tsunami of water over the towpath from the propeller and I just managed to jump out of the way in time while he bumped his way into the open lock.
We opened the top gate of the top lock just as the chimes from the Brindleyplace clock chimed 0900 - 3 1/2 hrs from the bottom of the Aston locks. Right at Old Turn for a pumpout and diesel and then back to the moorings for a rest, a swim in the Hyatt and then a nap. Bliss.
I am proud of this card, I did it all on the computer (apart from the sequins).
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