Tardebigge
Well, that was a hard day. We are now at the top of the Tardebigge (pron: TAD-dee-big) locks having spent most of a rainy day slogging up and up and up. There are thirty locks in the flight, making it the longest in the country. It was raining heavily this morning, and when it lightened up to the soul-destroying drizzle that has done so much to shape the British character, we set out. We were the first boat going up…