Tuesday: 5.5 gorgeous uninterrupted miles
On Monday morning we did some essential shopping in Devizes (meat, beer and fabric). Jo discovered a water leak under the sink so this was cleared and dried out to be further examined later. We topped up with water at Devizes Wharf and set off East. It was a warm day but the canal was really quiet, we only met one boat coming the other way all day. Once we were out of Devizes the hills to the north began to appear again.
When we came the other way the fields were green, now they are ripe and some already being harvested. This WW2 pill box was in a sea of ripened wheat.
There were lots of insects about which spooked Scooby who skulked inside most of the time, and at one point hid in the bathroom! There was also an algae bloom on the canal for much of the way so we ploughed a path.
We had hoped to stop at the 48 hour visitor mooring at All Cannings as Robin wanted to get more nice bread flour from the shop ther. However, the moorings were entirely overrun with distinctly tatty looking WPs, including one boat which has clearly not moved since we saw it here a month ago. We continued on and struggled to find somewhere we could moor; a lot of the bank is made up of high reeds or is shallow. Eventually we found a spot just before a bridge (where it tends to be deeper) and with a view of the White Horse above Honeystreet.
Robin mended the leak and the ne settled down for some fishing on the back. We saw what we think is a young mink swimming down the canal and the sunset was lovely.
On Tuesday we moved along to Honeystreet for breakfast at the lovely tearoom and to get Diesel and gas. Sadly Honeystreet is closed on Tuesdays, so we continued on our way. It was sunny and warm and a really lovely cruise through the Vale of Pewsey.
About 2pm we reached Pewsey visitor moorings. A boat pulled out just as we arrived so we nabbed the space. It was too hot to leave the dog on the boat so Robin walked alone into town to explore.
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