7 a.m. start because we needed to get to Stoke for a pump-out. Trentham lock was difficult, not only because we lost the new windlass. Worked up the Stoke locks and entered the Black Prince yard at Etruria for a pump-out – then discovered that we could have stayed on the canal service wharf for it. Filled up the water tank and bought a spare windlass and anti-vandalism key.
Lunch on the wharf, then up the Caldon. Patches of rain. Lost the chimney at bridge 9. Good beef stew in the Intellichef.
Moored overnight at Milton, SJ 9022550308.
10 miles, 9 locks, about 8 hours engine time.
