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| Butterflies land on us for some R&R |
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| Lovely wrought lamphangers |
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| love that plants beat the concrete |
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| They just keep coming |
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| Book exchange in middle of nowhere :) |
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| Citroen Masarati collecting dust in a garage |
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| An Eriba Camper van |
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| Dragonfly on Greg's hand |
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| Risque gnomes in a Lockside garden |
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| Entering the longest canal tunnel in Europe. A mere 5kms long. |
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| Joe helming. A 5km tunnel. 8m wide. towpath one side. 6m from waterline to roof. Depth 3m. Speed limit 4km/h. No much space if you lose concentration. I sang - enjoying the acoustics provided by 200 year walls. |
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| Lit towpath. |
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| Popping back into sunshine after an hours passage. |
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| Blue Eye pops out fifteen minutes after us. |
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| Here we use 'pins' ( large iron rods hammered into canal bank) to secure our boat overnight. We could use the bollards as well. |
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| Always plenty of shade :) |
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| Here we use 'pins' bow and stern, midships secured to canal bollards with handy passerelle onto towpath. |
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| Only birdsong and starlight - heaven |
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| And sunsets |
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| Quiet idyll canalside |
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| Another happy resident |
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| Colonization never ceases to amaze me |
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| Lock Keeper house - many are derelict, however it is possible to 'lease' them! |
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| Fabulous soil hereabout - Lock keepers grow and sell the ultimate in homegrown vegetables and fruit to us. Truffles free! And found by a dog :) |
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| Quintessential |
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| How many ropes have held against this lock wall |
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| Nearly full. |
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| Joe seems to enjoy the boat |
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| Meeting a lovely Wizard |
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| Knocking in pins for the passerelle |
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| Helming into a lock |
