A grey overcast morning but no rain so we set off on our last full day. A few small locks, and a water point to make things interesting. However as we approached Wychnor Lock passing boats commented about the river. I knew we had a mile or so to do on it, but apparently the recent rain had made a “proceed with caution”

H seemed to be getting nervous, but as we entered the river Trent all seemed OK. Then we went round a corner, under a narrow bridge and past a weir, suddenly I needed almost full throttle to make headway. We battled on round another corner, saw the next set of locks but had to head directly into the full stream to get past the next weir, complete with white water. It was a good test for T42 and she responded well. H was very relieved to get off the Trent, and into Alrewas.

This is a pretty little town, with excellent shops so we are provisioned for the rest of the trip. We also made friends with the Narrowboat behind us, books exchanged and drinks later on. I’m going to watch some boats “shooting the rapids” whilst going downstream, I reckon it could get a little hairy…..

Black and white mini to go with the house….