Where is summer?

Yesterday I walked into Kintbury to have a look around, a lovely little village but not outstanding, here’s a picture of the church which ‘Pearson’s’ guide tells me is notable, one of the small lanes and our mooring taken from bridge 76.

This morning our 48 hours was up at the current mooring, so after a cup of coffee to discuss the days trip we decided to stop next at Hungerford, the weather was ‘mizzly’ and quite muggy too.
We set off around 10:30 passing this rather large house set in even larger but pleasant grounds (there was more than the camera shows) just after.

It was another uneventful pleasant cruise through wooded canalscape, although the weather was quite sticky and oppressive making the lock work feel much harder than it was in reality, fortunately we only had 3 locks to deal with, Brunsden lock (77) first, where we met a boat coming out, then Wire lock (76) and Dun Mill lock (75), these three locks only have ground paddles at the top which means a more steady flow of water when filling, but a slow fill, time to sit and reflect rather than tap a foot impatiently, you cannot rush locks, just enjoy them J.

Hovering outside Wire Lock while Karl sets it.

We arrived at Hungerford around 12:30 and found a 48hr mooring easily just after bridge 84.

Current mooring:

Totals today: 3 miles : 3 locks

This afternoon I went for a wander through the town centre, I don’t know what it is about some places you visit but Hungerford just feels nice, quite busy traffic wise, but a real mix of buildings and shops, typical of modern day villages and towns were a large number of antique shops, charity shops and of course a large Tesco, although that is quite discreetly set back from the high street and therefore partially hidden, there was also a butcher ( getting rarer these days), 4 or 5 pubs and ‘Montagues Hair Design’, how 'very very nice' it must be to have your hair designed, I normally just say “same as it is but shorter please”, I wonder what design they would choose for me J.