Alrewas Lock and walkway
Wychnor Church and footbridge
The river section, Trent of course, near Wychnor looked atteractive. We passed through Wychnor Lock onto the straight section taking us down to Barton Turns. The noise from the A38 intrudes all along here making it a length of canal that probably doesn't feature in anybody's favourites list.
After Barton Lock we passed Bollinder powered Dane with butty Clara going the other way - a great sight. The weather gradually got colder and cloudier as we approached Burton. The wind also increased.
Dane passing Albert
Butty Clara
At Branston Lock Maggie found a frog struggling to swim in the canal close to the lock gates. We used our large net to rescue it.
Rescued frog
Burton was quiet being Sunday but the canal was not busy either.
Where else but Burton-on-Trent
Colourful Visitor Moorings at Shobnall Fields
We moored up and took lunch by Horninglow Wharf. NB Moriarty, which used to belong to our friends Lyn and Bob Doyle, was moored close by.
Horninglow Wharf
Spikes of Butterburr
(identified from The Concise British Flora in Colour by W Keble Martin)
After lunch we carried on through Stenson, where the lock was causing difficulties for some "Canal Time" boats going towards Burton. We moored up for the night at Swarkestone, just above the lock. I took the opportunity to do some boat maintenance and carried out an oil change.
