Fradley, Fill up, fling the stuff in a bag and fly off.

 The Swan was quite busy and we had a table inside. It has been clkeaned up somewhat. I can't remember whether nit had been a Everard's pub last time we were in. The food is pub grub and all seemed home cooked and quite tasty service was quick and efficient and it was great to be out and about and enjoy eating out for a change.

It was a lovely evening when we stepped out of the pub and we decided that we would stretch our legs by walking up to Shade House Lock. We have had a great trip with 109 locks in ten days. We couldn't have done it without Amy riding shotgun windlass operator and all round spare hand. We are all looking forward to the next time now.

We went back to the boat and finished of a very difficult 1000 piece jigsaw that had been given us by somebody who had even started to do it. We were proud of that, just three days too.

There were the usual early risers that set of in all directions by 0730. We left at our usual time fully expecting it to be the wacky races at the junction. As it was there was one coming down and one going up. After being fully crowded the moorings only had the cruiser and our selves when we were leaving.

The girls had the swing bridge open and the photo of the pub with the sun on it was crying out to be taken.

We were soon up Shadehouse Lock on on the way in the sunshine. At Woodend lock there was one boat leaving and five above when we penned up. By the time we got to Kings Bromley Marine we had passed another six boats heading to Fradley, so I think the nlock keeper may in for a busier time than he had first thing. We could see there was a boat just sliding on to the fueling quay as we swund round to go stern first. As we were doing that a boat left one of the moorings for fuel and another one arrived from the canal. It was full for about an hour after we got fuel found a gap and swung round nto mour berth to tie up. 91 litres doesn't seem too bad all in all. It is always with a heavy heart that we leave the boat and back to Yorkshire. It maybe a while before we are back due to commitments, and I am a little worried about what we will find when we do get back as there seem to be ants everywhere at the moment, including over the outside of the boat!

PS two of my questions of July 13th's blog have been answered. The Sign at the Salford Junction was indeed previously in kilometres. A subsidiary question is when did it change, after Brexit or previously?

The other question answered is concerning the solar panels down the Curdwrth flight. It seems that these are powering a probe that is embedded in the ground at each flight to record if there is any movement in the lock structures caused by work at the HS2 sites nearby. Thanks for the help.