Poor bridges, boating in cricket pads and a tree down

...... and we cruise on. I’m seriously doubting our ambition to do the four counties in what will be 10 days. Set off at 8.45 am and moored up at 5 pm. Ok we did stop for water waste and shopping at Great Haywood. I would say a 2 hour stop so just over 6 hours today which is the daily total to do the trip. Our decision day is tomorrow when we will be at the Wedgewood visitor moorings. We can wind there any further progress sees us on towards the Stoke locks.

I have had to book a timed passage for the Harecastle tunnel.... slightly annoyingly it’s 11am so we can’t really moor at the portal entrance as we’ll be in the way of the 8-11am’ers so it’ll mean a Westport lake stop, moored there once before not massively keen but it’ll have to do.

This morning we set off just as a large crane was arriving to do its craning in at Teddesley.... how the poor bridges manage such weight is a testament to their long long ago construction.

Then I spotted this fella .... I suspect he was painting his boat and protecting his knees but who has space on a boat or cricked pads ! 

The wind has been with us all day turning North Westerly, thankfully apart for a few spots of rain the day kept dry, but it did promise - this sky was near Stafford boat club.

On the last leg to Salt I was hailed and advised there was a tree down ahead, we got past but looking at it quite a bit of the tree is being held up and if the lot comes down there is a boat that may cop it... I think I’ll report this one to C&RT.