Day 6 – Monday 3^rd September. Today we covered almost eight miles and all of it in glorious sunshine.

We came through two locks, both of them wide and deep but luckily managed to team up with another boat which tends to make the going easier. Two boats side by side in a wide lock stops everything banging about all over the place. Mind you, the other boaters had only got their hire boat the day before and were worried about everything. Brigid and I managed a bit of tuition and I even mended their steering when the fender at the back caught up on one of the gates, broke off and jammed the tiller. We have ended up in Willington moored right outside the Green Dragon

where we had a bite of lunch.

There are three pubs in Willington, a Co-op, Post Office and an old fashioned sweet shop. Can’t be bad. Spent the afternoon cleaning the boat, painting the chimney and preparing other bits ready for painting. This evening we are looking forward to a chicken risotto – can’t wait – but it does mean that I will be cooking it, so, I’d better stop writing and get on with it.