09-22 Sandon on the Trent & Mersey Canal

Sunday 20th September: We set off up the Great Haywood lock to the services at the junction this morning  without any queuing or delays. On then through Hoo Mill,

Weston and Sandon Locks. Seemed to meet boats at each lock and minimised the workload, again without any delays, which we had partly expected given the number of boat movements we had seen over the weekend.
Arrived at Sandon for late lunchtime and we were able to moor after the final lock of our trip and just before the winding hole.   I managed to wash and polish the port side of the boat and started prepping for painting .

Monday 21st September:  Plan is to make good our battle scars from about 650 miles and 350 locks before we leave the boat in the Marina for the winter. However the weather today was wet and useless so we got on with some internal cleaning of cupboards and packing etc.

Tuesday 22nd September:  Weather still very iffy today and once I made a start on painting the black band we had an absolute downpour which stopped play for the rest of the day and managed to drench Bridie and the dogs. However Bridie had managed to get the twin pack mixed to get a coat on the lower hull while I was still prepping this morning.  It was horrible stuff to mix and use but job done.