We didn't have an Internet signal last night so I couldn't update the blog. We woke up to yet more rain thumping on the roof. It had rained heavily all night. The sky was a blanket of grey and the rain didn't look as if it was likely to stop any time soon. We decided we might as well move on regardless, so we set off at 7.30.
We moored at Stone at 11.45, just below Star Lock and walked into the town. There were market stalls all along the main shopping street. It looked like a farmer's market as they were selling meat, home made cakes, pies, bread, jam, real ale and wine. The rain has stopped at last!
Set off again 1.25. Through Stone locks without any problems. At Meaford locks we caught up with a boat that had passed us as we were mooring up. They had been waiting at the lock for an hour. Apparently someone had hit the lock gate so hard that it had come off it's hinge. Luckily BW had just finished fixing it when we got there, so we didn't have to wait too long. There were a lot of boats queueing to come down though. The boat that caused the problem just carried on, after telling another boater that this had happened to him before!
We moored for the night opposite Wedgwood at just after 4.00. WE had a thunder storm during the evening, but at least the afternoon stayed dry for us.
14 miles. 12 locks.
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