After all the rain yesterday, the morning was lovely and fresh. There was weak sunshine, but there was a lot of cloud cover. Turned onto the Staffs and Worcester Canal, heading towards Great Haywood. This is a pretty canal. Very narrow in places, winding through the countryside following the contours of the land. Quite different from the long straight stretches of the Shropshire Union. Typically, the first boat we met on this canal was at the narrowest point. They had to reverse to let us past.
The rain didn't wait until we moored today. It started about 11.00 and rained heavily until we moored at Acton Trussell at 2.15. We were soaked and cold. Luckily the fire was still alight from yesterday, so as soon as we moored we changed into dry clothes and opened the fire up. It was soon roaring and dried us out quickly.
The rain stopped not long after we moored and the sun actually came out late afternoon so we could sit out on the towpath for a while.We were lucky with the locks again, only waiting for one of them.
We saw about six herons in a field today. This is the first time we've seen so many together. They are normally on their own. More of the leaves are changing colour. It's not like previous years when we've cruised in September and had the end of the summer, rather than the beginning of autumn.
15 miles. 11 locks
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