The next morning, we waved good bye to Jeffery (he was
travelling in the opposite direction to us) and Mark cooked and ate his fish.
The lock keepers were anxious to get another boat down the flight
of locks and to equalise the water pressure which had built up over night. With
them working the locks we hitched a ride and they took both boats down
together. The last lock was tricky – it was immediately after a road bridge so
the lock had to be fully prepared before the road bridge was closed to traffic
and swung.
We tied up to the pontoon at the bottom of the run of locks
and went for a walk. We left mum and dad in charge of the boat and went to find
ancient rock markings and a fort. We found the ancient artwork but the fort was
buried in shrubs, apparently, so couldn’t be visited. The midges were really
irritating and the man we spoke to regarding the fort also told us about –
Smidge. It was off to the shops as soon as possible to buy some of the miracle
product.
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| The masterpiece |
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| The next section of the canal |
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| The illusive fort |
After lunch we ventured a little further down the canal,
back to the campervan and dad left to get a good night’s sleep in the van. Mum
stayed on board.
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