Tomlow Bridge

 Yesterday,A chilly morning blue sky and little wind. That changed. But first we had to negotiate the Braunston Tunnel which was so warm inside that my glasses steamed up! We are entering water shortage territory and so were not surprised to find a lock keeper at the top of the flight down into Braunston who asked us to wait to pair up with another boat. We waited for a pleasant 1 and 1/2 hours before a single boat came up and we were allowed to proceed. Strangely, three other single boats passed us on the way down, one turning the lock around in front of us. So much for saving water! Out of the relative shelter of Braunston in its valley the wind was bad again with intermittent heavy showers. Finally we arrived at Calcutt where we had planned on getting the full house of diesel, gas and pump-out. Calcutt closes for 1/2 hour for lunch, but by the time we had waited at the locks for opposite direction traffic and then faffed around in the wind to get onto the wharf it worked out fine. Pressing on we reached our mooring for the night - a grassy bank with a tidy edge where we have stopped before. Now we are in good state to deal with Stockton Locks tomorrow.