Raining hard in the early hours so held off a start until it eased at 9:45am
Plan to run Locks 19 through 14 today (all down) for a total descent of 120’ over 40 miles, may be tight given our late start. Especially as we are getting into the area that was worst hit by the rain damage in the late spring.
Signs of remediation work everywhere, dredgers old and new
Late off today, stormy morning and rain.
Finally got rolling at 10:00 when things started to settle down.
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Made an early start as the weather forecast was not promising for the pm (wind picking up, chance of thunderstorms etc.).
Spotted this guy as we pulled out, first one I have seen up here, surprising really in such an under populated region. 
The Beeb has obligingly promised rain and more rain for Manchester today, which means that England will draw the match with the Aussies and retain the Ashes, even if the last two tests go the wrong way.
Cloudy with rain persisting for much of the day, very heavy at times with a risk of thundery bursts and localised flooding. Towards evening the rain will ease and slowly clear eastwards, perhaps allowing some late brightness in the west.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/7281603
Huge smiley thing.
Something stirred. So faint that I scarcely heard,
But the forest leapt at the sound,
Like a good ship homeward bound.
Down in the forest something stirred,
It was only the song of a bird.
But it was quiet inside the 5,200-year-old burial chamber, just a stone’s throw from our front door. It’s what’s known as a ‘passage grave’ – referring to its construction, not its purpose! Excavated 140 years ago by the then-landowner, about the same time as our house was built for his gamekeeper-cum-forest bailiff.
Left the village dock at 7:45 am as the weather forecast called for increasing winds in the afternoon, and it’s 55 miles of open water across Lake Ontario to Oswego.
It’s a big lake (a great lake if you prefer) about 160 miles East to West and 60 miles N-S.
Quiet this morning when we left our wall, about 8 am
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Off our friendly wall at 8:45 am, one of the few advantages of a big boat, one gets to go first.
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I see that schools are now prohibiting girls from wearing skirts, insisting on trousers just like the boys wear. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-23522499
Well, it was never an issue when I were a lad because schools were segregated, so the lasses were never inspired to reveal too much leg or wha’ever. In fact the trouble always starts when boys and girls are thrown together, innit?
The solution is to dress all girls in floor-length gowns, with bags on their heads. No show, no see, no problem. Sound familiar?
Really packed us in this morning much too-ing and fro-ing before we were rightly wedged.
This is in the lock and due to the fall we lose about 2 feet in width at the bottom, I did wonder if we would be able to get ourselves out.
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Boadicea's Chariot 
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