Thursday 28th June 2018

After an excellent Indian meal last night we were off by 8.10 this morning heading south out of Leicester. It is so hot during the day that it is good to get going as soon as possible. We had heard such horror stories about mooring in Leicester that we were pleasantly surprised. We wouldn’t like to leave the boat for a long time without a secure mooring, but the secure moorings we had were absolutely fine.

Another football ground to cross off the list.

At Kings lock a water snake decided to accompany us. However Graham managed to take a photo as it attempted to leave the lock once we had risen up.

We managed to share lots of the double locks with a boat with 4 crew so we quickly made progress. Canal and River Trust were repairing the bank at a very tricky point and larger boats were having to be pulled under the beam from the work boat and avoid hitting the worker in the water. A very precarious position in which to be working.

We stopped at 2.30 and are moored at Kilby Bridge. I believe that there is a football match to watch tonight!