Willington to Alrewas, Trent & Mersey CanalWell, there goes another day of pleasant boating. No boat lifts, no lock flights, no tidal locks, only half a mile of peaceful river that crossed the canal.
This bit of the Trent & Mersey is really nice, mostly wide enough to navigate with ease, but with one or two interesting "squeezes" to keep the attention in place. The first few locks were double ones, but now we are in the single lock section. Now we know that the "broad beam" boat can't be following us!
On the subject of following boats, we ended up meeting another boat several times at a couple of consecutive locks, which gave us a little amusement whilst we waited our turn. We also got to grips with the walkie talkies - or "banana phones" as we have taken to calling them. They've been extremely useful for everything ranging from avoiding trees to synchronising working the locks.
Since we brought the sat nav with us, we've been able to find a couple of geocaches near the canal as we passed them, which has been an added bonus. We plan to do more!
The weather has been lovely! Knowing English summers, we're enjoying it while we can.
8 locks, 15.5 miles.
(PS - We saw the Mon & Brec boat from Sawley Marina again!)
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