Shardlow Lock.
Stenson Lock.
Horninglow Basin.
Set off from near Shardlow at 8.40. Shardlow is pretty and full of repurposed warehouses from its canal heyday. It has loads of pubs...but we couldn't find a shop!
As is now usual the weather forecast was rain and more rain. There were spells of heavy rain and we spent the afternoon in full waterproofs but it wasn't that bad.
Getting out of Shardlow was slow due to loads of moored craft (where do they buy supplies). The locks were sparse but getting increasingly deep until Stenson Lock which was 12 ft 4 in and is the last of the double locks.
We stopped for lunch at 12.30 at Swarkestone at the water point so filled up while having soup and garlic bread.
We started again at 13.20 and although we considered stopping at Willington and there was good mooring we continued to Horninglow Basin on the outskirts of Burton-uon-Trent. we moored on the visitor moorings for the Bass Museum just after bridge 32 at 17.10. Fish and chips from the shop 100 yards north. Just right.
16.75 miles and 5 locks = 21.75 lock miles in 7 hours 40 mins.
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