Market Drayton

It is nearly time to shop again, so we started at 9am on the 3.6 mile/5 lock journey to the next town, Market Drayton. First task was the 5 closely-spaced Adderley locks. These were quickly and easily ascended as most of the locks were empty, having been set by a boat coming down. The locks were followed by the 3 miles of empty countryside taking us into Market Drayton where we moored at 11am.

As we had enough food for today we spent the afternoon looking at the town centre and locating the supermarket which we will visit tomorrow. Market Drayton looks an attractive place, but the centre indicates it has been badly hit by the recession. We estimate over 30% of all the premises are closed, some of those remaining being charity shops