We left Evesham at 7:45 and shared the first three locks with four Aussies from Perth.  The river continued to change from straight and wide to quite twisty and narrow.  In fact no sane person would choose our route between Evesham and Eckington.

We had a first today when we spotted a couple of paddle boarders coming towards us.

We also saw several large pumps sucking water out of the river to water the nearby fields.  One of them was actually watering a good width of the river so we gave it a wide berth.

We checked out the Swans Neck Mooring with its board saying Birlingham Quay – what an exaggeration!  We could have moored there but it would have been less than perfect so we continued to Eckington Bridge next to a car park and quite a lot of picnickers.

Then horror – we discovered that Peter’s camera had gone missing.  We knew where it was, Nafford Lock, so Peter cycled back there but no camera to be seen.  I phoned the ANT and left a message and hailed passing boats just in case.  Some kind sole has no doubt returned it to one of the the ANT offices.  Perhaps we will hear tomorrow?

Good job he had a spare.

It was VERY hot today.  Peter’s old umbrella from Yohan in KL was designed for the job with its silver reflective inner lining!