Sunday - Barlaston - Stone, 8 locks, 3 miles, 3.5 hours

We were spoilt again today with lots of people to help as we were joined by Nic, Ant, Steph, Gemma and Connor.

The weather was certainly our friend again today, especially given it's the 1 December.

We left Batlaston at 10:30 with the aim of getting to Stone for a late lunch.

There were a few locks to get through but the crew were soon in the swing of things.

Although at one stage it all clearly got too much for Ant and Connor!

George was in his element with a choice of who to sit on.

You may notice there are no pictures of Nic here, she has a bad ankle which meant she was unable to assist with lock duty!  She did however, make a cracking cuppa and she was in charge of photography.

We made excellent time to Stone and had a nice Sunday lunch at the Star pub next to the canal.  A great day.

It will be a shock tomorrow when I am back to solo lock duty, luckily there are only a couple!!