Devizes

Well, here we are moored just a few yards from the first lock of the Caen Hill Flight, one of the wonders of the waterways.

It was a relief today to do a stretch of the canal with no locks. We'll be making up for it tomorrow  (or Friday).

Where has summer gone? For the past few days the weather has been more March than June!

Today, although we were optimistic and started out in shorts, we both ended up in long trousers, several layers and gloves. Some boaters even had woolly hats on. It was freezing! And the wind! Oh, the wind!

The countryside that we passed through today was really stunning. We saw a couple of the white horses that the area is renowned for and also passed an isolated camping field, which we parked our motorhome in when we were searching for a narrowboat.

Lots of locks ahead of us tomorrow so we are girding our loins for our journey downhill by having a pint in The Silk Mercer in Devizes.