Hawkesbury Junction

Heavy rain first thing but by the time we departed it was just light rain and stopped altogether  after an hour or so with blue sky patches evident.  Just before Ansty we encountered an almost continuous stream of opposite direction boats.  One can only assume that they had all left Hawkesbury when the rain had stopped, so we were hopeful for a decent mooring spot near to the pub.   So it emerged.   We found the last bit of straight free in the run up to the stop lock.   Lots of puddles which have the children much delight and covered the side of the boat with mud spots as the water dried.   They were soaked of course and few reserves of dry clothes.