No news of missing Ron. Joined today by my two oldest friends Alan and "Mr" Lees and their partners. Set off at 1030 in brilliant sunshine and waved through the first lock by sister, brother in law and great nephew, Callum. Nice sunshine and narrowly missed a steam train going over Falling Sands viaduct. Mr Lees did most of the driving. Ice Cream stop at Wolverley. See photo above.

John and Rosie joined for dinner. Moored opposite very nice garden in Kinver, see photo above. Joanne chatted to a couple who said that they had come from Wollaston and were looking forward to a boating holiday in a few weeks. There life was being made miserable by noisy neighbours. Fortunately they were moving soon.