Yelvertoft to Crick Tunnel & beyond

Summer disappeared overnight whilst temperatures dropped and a stiff breeze developed ( again ). With a mile of Crick tunnel looming it is unlikely average temperatures are likely to challenge record high's for us today, but hey ho, this is the UK, after all. Lunch was had moored outside Crick Marina, famous for hosting the annual inland waterways boat show, but little else of particular merit. Crick tunnel is almost a mile long but deteriorating badly. I would have put on full waterproofs before entering if someone had warned me, which they didn't. In the event I was narrowly missed by a liquid brick from the roof which took Lynne ages to clear from the stern once her OCD tendencies kicked in.

After that we tackled the 7 Watford staircase locks (with me in a state of near exhaustion and looming hypo until we found mooring in a spot the complete opposite  of yesterday with noise from The M1 Watford gap services, the M1 itself, a freight railway , East Midlands airport and all the associated "feeder"roads. No chance of a cuckoo tonight, or sleep for that matter?