22nd June '15

Woke up to rain and waited until 11.30 when it seemed to break.
Alan and Lynn left the same time as us and we shared our last lock before they turned to get back to the marina. We had no more locks and had originally planned to get to Devises. However after the late start, intermittent showers, wind in our faces and a brief stop for Paddy to have a wee and John to have lunch, we stopped at Honeystreet and without wishing to sound snobby, it's like the bad end of a council estate! There are dogs barking and fighting, kids paddling around the canal (why weren't they at school at 3.00 pm?) adults standing around, drinking with 'f's every other word. Delightful. I'd thought we'd go into the pub to see if it's changed but I'm not keen, I don't even want to go out on my own with Paddy.
We had several showers of rain during the day but it's glorious now. I've just heard on the TV that pollen is going to be very high tomorrow so hope to get out of jeans, socks and fleeces again. It's midsummer for heavens sake!
Tomorrow we shall get to Devises and I need to stock up so we plan on spending the rest of the day there and then make an early start on the locks on Wednesday. Nobody to help this time so no records will be made, let's just hope we buddy up with another boat to share the load. Not likely to find another Alan and Lynn but we shall live in hope!