Tyrley Wharf, Shropshire Union – Thursday 12 July 2012
No travelling today as you are allowed to stop here for 48hour and I’ll get a break, and do some domestic chores.  I spent the early part of the day catching up on computer jobs and communications.  I then took the opportunity of a fine day to clean and polish the boat, yesterday’s wash was the roof only and this left streaks down the sides.  Cleaning today included ‘winding’ the boat twice so that I could get both sides to the towpath, and end up facing the way I’m travelling tomorrow.  Washing was quick, and the rinse and polish is supposed to be allowed to dry on its own when it won’t leave streaks or on a warm day use a cloth to dry it.  However, today was so hot (!) that it was steaming as I applied it, so I ended up doing the polishing a foot at a time.
Regular activity through the top lock (where I’m moored) with boats going up and down, the fine weather has brought them out.