This is our last full day on Martha Ginger. We made it to Penkridge last night and had an excellent pub meal with Joe and Sal at The Boat. Autherley Junction was a bit tricky; we came out of a lock straight onto a T junction, across a huge winding hole. We had to make a sharp left, but because the back end was still in the confines of the lock until the last minute, there wasn't room to swing round. We pushed our nose into a well-damaged elder on the opposite bank - I suspect it is there to cushion the blow!
Unless Great Haywood is time-consuming today should be quite manageable, so we laid in until quarter to eight, had breakfast and went unwashed into Penkridge to shop. And I had it in mind to take photos of the school where Mary-Ann was Head for 4 years. That all worked out well, the sun is shining - again! - and all is peaceful on the water. We have run alongside the M6 for quite a while, and the South-bound traffic is hardly moving. 4mph looks good in that situation.
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