Brewood to Dimmingsdale - 7.5 miles, 4 locks, 5 hours

The sun was shining when we set off at 7:30 this morning, we were heading for the Staffordshire and Worcester canal heading south, skirting Wolverhampton.

We arrived at the junction to make the right turn onto a new stretch of canal for us.

As we travelled down the canal we got to the first lock, Rod dropped me off and I headed to the lock, suddenly the heavens opened, massive rain drops and hail!!! It came from nowhere and we both got soaked, but luckily a very nice guy was there to help me, and sent me back to the boat offering to do the lock for us.

The rest of the day followed this pattern, with a real mix of sunshine and showers, the canopy was up and down like a yo-yo!!

The weather didn't seem to bother this cheeky Heron.

We also saw our first Signets of the year, following very close to Mum.

We found a nice spot to moor up, near a lock.

As we were seating enjoying a cuppa, a work boat and it's butty came through the lock.  This looked like really hard work.  The butty has no engine so is towed by the first boat, which means that the lock has to be done twice and the butty had to be pulled in to the lock by hand.

Slow progress and very hard work, Rodney reckons I've got it easy :-)).

( EH 592.3, 634.5M, 517L)