Tuesday 12/5 Welton Haven to Braunston Tunnel Eastern portal

I came down with Lawrence's lurgie yesterday afternoon as I worked us through the Watford Locks. Hopefully it will be gone in a couple of days. Woke to rain and cold this morning; it was a four layer morning. We left our overnight mooring

And headed for Norton Junction. I wasn't far off in last nights estimate of how far we had come from Leicester.

We reached Norton Junction 

Round this cottage we went

And under the bridge at the bottom of the cottage's garden

Past some fab farmland

Past a boat with an unusual cargo

Past some swans

Past some ducklings

And a curious cow

Past an old working boat and bitty on their wat to Crick for the boat show (the one Lawrence won't let us near).

The rear boat or butty is unpowered and towed by the front boat.

And through a wooded cutting to the Braunston Tunnel portal.

The sun came out and it might turn into a beautiful day. The trees gain more leaf cover each day