Off we go again.

I said much earlier this year that we seem to be spending a lot of time hanging about the Fradley/Alrewas/Burton area, and the next few days will be much the same. We made an early start this morning, and by half seven I had winded Sanity Again with some difficulty (the Willington winding hole is quite shallow), and we were plodding back towards Burton.

The weather, as forecast, has changed completely, much cooler, and with rain from time to time, some of it quite heavy.

We managed to reach Branston before it got really bad, and tied before the road bridge. There was still a bit of activity on the Festival site as we passed, though most of the fencing has gone, the marquee guys are taking down the last of their stuff, and the Tardis is due to leave today.

We got cheery waves from all the blue shirts we passed on their boats, and had brief conversations with a few, which was reassuring.

This afternoon has been given over to idling about, reading more of the wrg nw books and surfing the net, sometimes with particular projects in mind, otherwise just for the fun of it.

We're going to stay put tomorrow, so that Elanor can bring Sally over to us, then we'll move on on Saturday, probably to Alrewas.