A good day's cruise

Had to make up for yesterday’s lost time so was off soon after 9am. It was a warm day with no wind so good progress made. Met lots of helpful people today. One even let me go in the lock before him even though I was second in the line and provided two big guys to do the locking for me :~) Also some of the places I passed through were interesting. I love looking at the back gardens which edge the canal. It is easy to visualise industry and one can imagine the noise of it but I had forgotten that it also has a smell. A kind of metallic smell. I passed the Armitage Shanks factory with all the loos and cisterns stacked up in the yard. Any colour you like as long as it’s white. Had a short break for lunch at Rugeley and then on to Great Hayward for the night.