There are lots of boats about still, requiring short waits at both of the Hack Green locks, however the Shroppie is wide and straight so the traffic wasn't much of a challenge.
Jo walked into Audlem for a mosey round the Mill shop and Robin played with his new fenders. He is trying to stop the baseplate banging and scraping on the concrete banks on this canal when boats go past. Scooby really hates it and he's getting quite anxious when he hears another boat coming. We are hoping that our new sunken fenders will do the trick! This lone moorhen was lurking around the boat and came to the side hatch for some bread.
After a quiet night (fender-tastic) we slogged our way up the 15 locks in the Audlem flight. The weather was lovely and all the locks were in our favour so it was a happy day. We stopped just a mile further on at the bottom of the Adderley flight, a nice spot and the site of the pigeon rescue on the way up. Carole joined us for breakfast on Friday and then she and Jo walked back into Audlem for sight seeing and cake. This old police station is a bit more classy than the one in Stevenage!
Saturday started badly with pouring rain and a disastrous dog walk. First Scooby was attacked by another dog and then he stuck his nose in a wasps nest and was stung. He's not the most placid dog in the world and it completely freaked him out. He remained either hiding sadly in the bathroom or under the sofa or hysterically trying to be with us for the rest of the day. However, whatever the daft dog was doing, we needed to press on to Market Drayton as we had a lift home arranged for Sunday. The 5 Adderley locks were negotiated rather wetly and with only one dog escape and then it was smooth sailing to our pre-booked mooring.
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| Wet skippering up Adderley locks. |
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