Yesterday after I posted the blog it was time to BBQ while we watched the setting sun.
It was a lovely warm, still evening. Owls were calling and bats wheeled overhead. We had some sky lanterns left over from the wedding so we set them free.
It was so still the first one went straight up, burnt out and came back down to earth about 5o feet away. We went and retrieved it. The second went even higher and caught a bit of a breeze and sailed so far we lost sight of it.
We had a lazy morning enjoying the seclusion before setting off and avoiding some more ancient monuments.
We came to Wyre lock. Home of Wrye Piddle beer, and the most unusual lock I've ever seen. Apparently built like this to combat lateral ground thrust.
Then we moored for the day on an island in the middle of the river.
Tomorrow we are looking forward to passing tiddle widdle island, I kid you not. Further upstream we pass sausage island.
