A wet morning so we stayed put until a passing trad who displaced so much water, probably 25 tons, sucked us away from the bank pulling out one of our pins. Not an ideal place to moor, so after lunch when the rain stopped we moved on. Of course 30 minutes later it started raining heavily, but with only 2 locks to do only the helmsman got wet. One upside was going thru Burton upon Trent, a bright blue and orange kingfisher posed several times on trees as we passed. Superb but impossible to catch on film sadly. With the batteries charged we are moored at Branston, only 5 hours and 7 locks from our final destination.

There is a large water park alongside, sadly its raining again, but the Canada geese are honking away, and several swans drifting around.