8.00 o'clock he unlock it and off we set, thats it for the next 29 locks, luckily for us all of the locks are in our favour, and we only meet three boats that are coming down. So we climb 234 ft in just over two miles, with the help of this marvelous piece of engineering.
Four hours later we are at the top, so we moor up for the night while our lock sharing friends carry on up the canal, as it dinner time I pop to the local Greggs bakery and get us a couple of pasties for lunch, then we get changed and go for walk around Devizes with a bit of shopping as well.
It's market day and the noise and hustle and bustle of the market are an assault on our senses after the quietness of the canal.
Devizes is a pretty market town, with wool being the dominating trade from the 14th to 18th century, brewing started in 1786 and the Brewers Wadworth and co carry on the tradition today, where one can have a tour of the brewery, the Market cross recounts the story of Ruth Pierce whom the Almighty struck down dead after she lied about paying for some wheat.
We then head back to the boat to sit in the afternoon sun, as its promised that the weather is going to change for the worse tomorrow, hopefully not.
Are you going to do the brewery visit tomorrow before you leave?. You get free beer.
ReplyDeleteIt always pays to overnight at the bottom and set off at 8am After lunch if going down