Handrails: Day 5

Nothing to report on the handrail front today as I had to go to work — the reason for being at Wolverton.  I caught the 0500 train, and got back to the boat at around 1600.  I made a quick visit to Tesco, and as I walked back it started to rain.  However, it didn’t last long so I decided to head off, to get away from the noise of the trains and the flats.  I did get wet for part of the journey, but then it dried up again.  The tree that I photographed across a boat yesterday has been cut down, so the canal is back to its normal width.

I should really have stopped on the moorings past the aqueduct, but as it wasn’t raining I decided to go up the lock.  Of course as I was going into the lock it started to rain again, and continued until just after I moored up.  I was pretty sure there’d be space in Cosgrove village, as it’s been quiet here all week — and while there were more boats than previously, there were several spaces available.  So no painting today, but I did like the way the rain formed water droplets on the new paint but didn’t on the old, as seen on the roof diamonds.

2 miles, 1 lock.  (6 miles, 2 locks)