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 We completed the final sage of our month-long travels this morning.  We left the mooring at Hilmorton at 8:50 and arrived at our marina entrance about 1.5 hours later.

Long straight stretch of canal

It was then the fun started.  There was a strong wind blowing from the direction of the marina entrance when we arrived.  There was also a boat leaving. This meant that I had to try and stop Densie being blown well of course until the departing boat had left - canal boats are very susceptible to be blown around by side winds.

To add to the complications, behind us there were 2 or 3 other boats wanting to carry on down the canal but they could not move forward until we were out of the way, so they were also being blown around.  Plus the boat which had left the marina was also trying to go up the canal, but could not easily get through.

When we had a clear path through the entrance we went straight in leaving everyone else to  sort themselves out.  Ideally we would have wanted to stop at the services wharf to empty our waste tank and dispose of the rubbish but it was already occupied and manoeuvering in wind was impossible so we went straight into our berth and will visit the servces tomorrow when the wind is forecast to be much calmer.

Moored at our home berth

Today's Statistics

Distance: 4.04 miles
Locks: 0
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

Total Journey Statistics

Distance: 156.05 miles
Locks: 97
Movable bridges: 1
Duration: 85.1 hours over 28 days