To Wolverhampton

I've always enjoyed the canals in the countryside more than the city, but an early sunny morning in the city can be attractive.  As you cruise to the west, the water gradually gets cleaner, and the herons become more common.  Then, after a while, it gets much cleaner - but by then the human fishermen have taken over from the herons.  A long day, with hardly any other boats moving.  We followed another boat down the Wolverhampton flight, turning all but one lock, taking nearly four hours before mooring up opposite Oxley Marine in the rain.  At least it was fairly warm rain...