We're off.

We sneeked out of Stensen Marina quite early and quietly celebrated,much as the escapee's from Stalag 9 must have done. Our next stop was Shubnall Marina hoping to book a boat check over by the highly recommended electrician there. The guy is on holiday for a couple of weeks so we arranged to call again when he returns. Today we cruised for over 9 hours and took electrical readings from time to time, but the morning ones will be the most telling

It was a cold, dry day, gradually warming as the afternoon wore on, resulting in disposal of my scarf, gloves and hat, but that was as far as I was prepared to go at this stage. The River sections of the Trent and Mersey were on yellow boards "proceed with caution", which we did until mooring In Alrewas