So today was the final day of our cruise, we have a fairly short cruise of 3 hours before we get back to the marina. We decided to have a full English breakfast before starting off on our journey, so a late start on the canal. We had one lock to do and then a straight cruise to Kings Bromley. It started raining as soon as we started cruising and it rained all the way back to Kings Bromley, John and I were soaking. I had forgotten what a difficult patch of the canal between Rugeley and Kings Bromley is, with lots of narrow bits and a blind tunnel but we made steady progress. We got back to the Marina at around 1.30pm. John dropped me off so that I could help him manoeuvre in the mooring but he didn’t need me to help as he did it perfectly. The Marina had a BBQ this evening but we both felt tired and instead opted for a quiet night on the boat. So all in all a very pleasant trip, we lost a hat, glasses, bottom of an umbrella and a fender, got stuck in a lock but we got back to the marina in one piece. Merlin needs some TLC as the locks do scratch the boat quite a bit so that is the plan for the next couple of weeks. The dogs seem glad to be back on home turf as well. Now we start planning our next trip after we have cleaned the boat and finished all the washing..
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