Day 3

16 miles: 25 locks: 8 litres of Pimms remaining

As I write this we are travelling through a lot more locks again. We've just passed a little stall at the wharf where they were selling clotted cream for £1.50 - that seemed like a bargain but we didn't stop any. It's lovely seeing all the cottage industries, either for sale on canal boats or by the bank of the canal. It's a completely different way of life and I can understand why people choose to live on a boat. It's lovely being able to take your home with you while you travel. 

It has been hard work today - for Matthew, he has had over 20 locks to navigate and I have done my first load of hand washing. It took me about an hour, and it made me really appreciate our washing machine! I think next time, we might use the laundrette because it's very hard to getting dry. 

Anthony, Charlotte and I made rice crispie bars this morning, which was very successful and we also completed some work in their activity books. Inbetween that, they helped me with some spring cleaning.

While Matthew collected some groceries,we fed the swans from the side doors in our bedroom. Unfortunately Charlotte was too hesitant with her bread and got bitten by the mother swan, she wasn't too happy! They were very forward. 

We didn't make as much progress as we wanted so will have to try to catch up tomorrow. We stopped at about 9:30pm - we were trying to find deeper water for mooring.