After a chilly night, the sun was soon burning off the mist promising a warm day. The reflections above Compton Lock were particularly appealing. The water became progressively cleaner as we headed north to buy diesel at Oxley Marine. After that a heron seemed to be endorsing our choice of route to Great Haywood.
Northwards again, we ran over something large in the narrows at Pendeford Rockin. After a few attempts we got off it and past it, and could see it looked like a large tree root and a load of geotextile, and far too heavy to lift out. Little of the industry that used to feed the canal its work remains, although there is one large chemical plant.
After lunch at Hatherton Junction we made steady progress through the afternoon, pausing only to help out another boater in salvaging a rowboat that got swamped by leaks from the gates as he descended the lock, towing it behind his narrowboat.
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