Leek lagoon, Hazlehurst Aqueduct, strange sentry box in the woods

Would you believe it? The instant I untied to reverse to the winding hole it started hailing. Then snowing. And, finally, just raining. What did I do? Carried on, of course.

I like Leek Tunnel.  Short and straight, with plenty of headroom.  I don't even have to remove the chimney (usually a problem because the stove is on the wrong side of the boat).
 

As it was still raining, and as it was coffee time, we tied up in the lagoon the other side of the tunnel. Less famous than Tixall Wide, but just as beautiful.

Carrying on, we crossed Hazlehurst Aqueduct ...

... and passed under the same aqueduct an hour later.

We tied up nose to nose with Ichthus and had a socially distanced cup of tea with fellow BCF members John and Jane. They showed us the trophy they have just won as editors of our club magazine, The BCF Word. The AWCC judged it to be the best club magazine for 2020 - well done John and Jane, and thank you for all your hard work. Here I should provide a photo of the trophy, but I omitted to take one. Sorry!

Instead, here's a view from our mooring.  There's a line of white houses on the top of a hill which stood out against a dark sky just before the rain came.

We walked back to the Hollybush at Denford for a meal with another BCF friend, Babs, who lives in Cheddleton. On the way I snapped this very small building with a door with a digital lock. Odd.

The food was good but we all got rather cold having to sit outside. (Roll on the end of these pandemic restrictions.) You can see how cold it was getting by the mist that formed on the water.

Tomorrow: Froghall. And will we squeeze through the tunnel? Probably not.