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Water overspilling the lock.  
   

Water overspilling the lock.

This is a very deep lock and I don't think they've got the levels right on the approach as an area of towpath was flooded too.
Day 84 - into Stone, a busy and compact town, home of Admiral John Jervis.

August 7th 2013
7 locks, 399 in total. I had a hot water bottle last night – it was very cold for August but the sun today has made up for it. Two groups of locks today – 4 at Meaford and we did only 3 of the ones at Stone. There was a lot of traffic both ways which meant waiting for our turn at the start but then whizzing through the locks on a one-out/one-in system which halv ... read more
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