Another early start 6:25 and we were off and up the first of many locks.

At Semington we met up with Colin and his boat Hobo Diddly who provided company through the next seven locks.

We moored just after the Sells Green moorings and out came the folding bike.  Peter  rode down to lock 29 to check out the possibilities for mooring and they looked promising so we decided to tackle the next set of locks.

En route we spied Toby and Sarah’s Caen friends in The Stoker.  We also noticed an unusual request.

There was some interesting flora such as mallow and meadow sweet along the banks and when we arrived at our destination some lovely white water lilies.

 

We finally arrived at around 15:30 at the extremely pleasant moorings between locks 28 and 29 at  where there is room for three boats.  There was only one other boat there and we were able to choose a blissfully shady spot.  At nine hours, including the bike recce, it was a longer day than most for us but it did involve 15 locks and several swing bridges.  Swing bridge number 156 was, in my view, of very doubtful parentage and I struggled mightily to get it moving.