Continuous heavy rain, thunder and lightening

The trip to Saxilby passed without incident but slower than anticipated for no defined reason other than "our" cruising speed obviously being slower than "expert" predictions/opinions. Tardis Two has no speedometer, only an engine revs counter, so cruising speeds remain guesstimates at this stage. We cruise at a speed we are comfortable at and slow, as a matter of courtesy, past moored boats, with no complaints from other boaters. Our arrival at Saxilby coincided with the commencement of continuous heavy rain, thus Lynne opted not to continue our journey to Torksey lock and the tidal Trent until the morning,as the weather forecast was better. The revised plans were conveyed to the Torksey lock keeper and we settled for a peaceful night at Saxilby, but the forecast was wrong and it rained heavily all night with the prediction of much the same for today, but with the addition of thunder and lightening - not ideal traveling conditions for the tidal river Trent. A wet, noisy and illuminated day at Saxilby looms.

It has to be said, Fossdyke navigation is marginally  more interesting than Witham navigation, due to having banks you can actually see over, but neither can be recommended for any scenery officiado's.

Lynne got on with her knitting whilst I snoozed until approximately 1300 hrs when the precipitation suddenly stopped, prompting our escape from Saxilby to who knows where, but progress is progress I suppose. No thunder or lightning, but who am I to complain?

We had sunshine and a gentle breeze on our short trip to Torksey lock where, as ever, the lock keeper was as accommodating as ever. Nothing is too much trouble for these guys and I wil put in a commendation for them in due course. We are moored on the non-tidal side of the lock in the front of a long queue ready for the tide-beating 0930 start in the morning, when hopefully we will all avoid getting beached on scotsman's corner again. Lynne has been studying the Trent tidal maps we acquired for our return journey and is already getting unnecessarily worried about interpreting them correctly. My view is the confident boaters will zoom ahead of us when the start flag is dropped and I'll follow them, rightly or wrongly.