100 up on Day 10

Today 8 miles and 3 locks
Total to Day 10 - 100 miles and 20 locks
Good cappuccinos to date now 2 (latest one being the cafe at Fradley junction.)

We are now on the Trent & Mersey canal just south of Rugeley near Armitage although we can see the huge cooling towers of Rugeley power station.

The day started sunny but soon the clouds came rolling in, just before Fradley junction at bridge 89 the top hat on the chimney decided to head butt the bridge and then dived into the canal( so far since we have had the boat 3 top hats have gone this way). As we arrived at Fradley to stop for water the clouds opened and I got soaked through. Within 20 minutes the sun was out again!

We lunched in the cafe at the BW depot which is a very typical old wharf. I took some photos but there is a blogger problem so will have to upload them later.

We left Fradley at 13.30 and cruised towards Rugeley, just as we were nearing a lock I was hit by a huge gust and then spent the next 15 minutes getting off the bank and the last 75 yards to the lock landing area. A day of many different things but great.