Friday, 1 September 2017

Into Stone and out again


Long Meadow Bridge south of Stone

Moored in Stone waiting for Yard Lock

A warmer and sunnier day than yesterday.  We set off at 9:30 and after ascending Aston Lock reached the moorings below Stone bottom lock at 11:00.  We moored here for a couple of hours to shop at the local supermarket, this being our last chance for a few days.

After lunch on the boat we set off again at 13:00, going up through the 4 locks in the town to reach Meaford Locks at 14:30.  One boater had told us that these locks would be closed at some time for a week because of a leaky gate, so we wanted to check the situation before going through. It looks like the repairs are in fact scheduled for the winter maintenance season , so no worry about us getting trapped on our way home in a 10 days time.

Today's journey: 4.36M, 5 locks.

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