We were still on the long pound (nothing to do with Brexit) in the early morning and enjoying the countryside. We didn’t experience any problems with the water level but we hadn’t seen any other boats and were able to stay in the middle all the time.  It also meant we were on our own in all the locks which were sometimes quite hard work. Lock 54 has a somewhat scary reputation and we approached it with care but it treated us very kindly.  Soon after we saw the last remaining timber wharf-side crane at Burbage Wharf.

Through the Bruce tunnel and we were on the summit where we spotted a Red Kite. Unfortunately the picture won’t win any prizes.

The procedure at the locks was just about to change as lock 102 became our first descent.

We were also on our own though the next four locks only being joined by another boat at lock 60.  We were pleased to get a mooring opposite the Crofton Pumping Station but slightly perturbed when the water level dropped and we stopped floating! The level rose again after a couple of hours and all was well.

We had another good country walk to Wilton Windmill and admired the pretty village, very picture postcard looking.