Left before 9am as we had a long day ahead of us. Stopped at Gayton Junction to fill up with water and then turned left towards Northampton. First stop though was Gayton Marina where we had our first pump-out of the trip. Facilities are somewhat sparse further on so we took the opportunity although it was rather early.
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| Canal passes under the M1 |
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| Typical Rothersthorpe Lock with restored lift bridge |
Then down the 17 Rothersthorpe Locks where we were helped by an amiable guy called Leon who helps out boaters for tips.. With Leon's help the journey only took us about 4 hours, we were expecting about 5 hour. The Northampton Branch is in a far better state than when we last came this way about 7 years ago. Now the weeds are under control and the lock gates and paddles fairly easy to operate.
We arrived in Northampton soon after 2pm and have moored there for the night, and probably for the whole of tomorrow as well. The journey to Peterborough, our next major stop, is some 60 miles and 37 locks with few facilities/shops available en route.
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