Rainy Days and Mondays

We were on the move for most of the day today. Good thing we brought our rain gear because it rained all day. It also has gotten cooler yesterday, mid-20s, now in the teens. We saw so many different sites as we traveled through forests, fields, and cities. We decided to push on to the top of the canal so we can take our time on the way back. Only 4 miles north till we turn around and start heading south tomorrow. Turning around will be an adventure. It's amazing to think we were underway for 6 hours and only made 12 miles. There were times we had to pull aside to let someone pass, and we had to slow down when we passed moored boats, so it was very slow going. The canal was very narrow in places and extremely shallow. Also, it was busier today, and there were a lot more live aboard boats moored along the side of the canal. We had a swing bridge to navigate. I jumped off and manually opened the bridge, and Randy piloted the boat through. It was pretty cool. Before we were ready to carry on, another boat was coming through, so we opened the bridge for them. North of Lancaster, we had our first view of the sea. It was so cool to see the hills of the Lake district on our right and Morecambe Bay to our left. We found a mooring in the small town of Carnforth and headed out to find a pub. Bonus tonight, we stopped at two.Read more