Trentham to Westport Lake

Woke up to rain yet again. How much more rain can there be? As it is Sunday, we decided to have a lie in and then dawdled over breakfast. We finally set of at 9.20 to Trentham Lock.

We got through the locks at Stoke quite quickly. The first one was in our favour, then we discovered we were following another boat up, so all the rest were against us and we had to empty them all. We had to wait at the top lock for a boat coming down. It rained on and off during the morning, but it held off while we did the locks.

We moored at Westport Lake at 12.40 and decided that we would stay for the rest of the day.

The weather was pleasant this afternoon. Liz sat outside cross stitching for a couple of hours and the sun actually came out briefly! We had a walk round the lake and treated ourselves to "99" ice cream cornets - after all, we are on holiday.

There were swans, coots and geese on the lake. It seems to be a popular place for families out for a walk.

8 miles. 6 locks.