Ice again, but clear blue sky's

Got up and as expected the ice was covering the canal. It was about half a inch thick, but it wasn't long before someone came by us and broke it all up. We fancied a walk so set off up towards the locks to see what was going on. Everything was open including the museum, but the thing that took our eye was the coffee for a pound. We sat up at the top lock with the sun on our faces out of the wind and nearly fell asleep. It is very peaceful here and it wasn't long before it was packed with people, both car parks were over half full. There has been some movement of boats today going up and down the locks and it was nice talking to some of the people enjoying the lovely day. We then walked back to Derwent6 and threw up the cratch cover and sat in the sunshine looking at a fantastic view. Del polished the towpath side of the boat because it had got so warm. Del took the rubbish back up to the top lock, while Al read her book. In the evening we watched a bit of telly. Two boats passed us late, one, a hire boat who came by so fast, don't know why, he wasn't going to get through the locks, the locky had gone home... Still we made him feel a bit sheepish...