It started raining just as we set off but it didn’t last. I got off for the lock and could see more branches at the entrance, following the high winds yesterday, fairly small but one was all the way across, so I fished it out. The other sticks didn’t give Shane any trouble driving in. He was also pleased that although there was quite a torrent of wate in the by-wash, it didn’t cause the nose to swing over while he waited in the jaws for me to close up.