Monday afternoon we are back at  home , getting up to date with a five week collection of post ninety percent junk mail  and a few bills that need attention ie paying.
Nothing much has appears to have changed in Kirkby its like we have just been away for the weekend .
The journey back was a doddle , got on the train with no tickets and when the inspector came round just told him why and he just said no problem get them at New street Birmingham after that all trains were on time although the schedule was a little tight for getting from platform to platform.
What was interesting was the proximity between train and canal as the first thirty minutes were a high speed reverse of our last two weeks travelling seeing many of the same places from a different perspective.
From Malton for our final part of the journey we decided to use a taxi as the buses would have taken nearly as long as the rest of the trip. This week we both have dentists appointments and will have a trip to York hospital as well

This was our mooring on Saturday night a lovely rural setting but halfway through the night there was a big thump on the roof , silence then a flip flop  flip flop along the roof then a very strained quaaaaack  which I guess was duck for"drat I made a mess of that landing", any way silence resumed till the dawn chorus started around  Four ish 

This is the state of some of the locks we passed through we have to keep the boat clear as sometimes  the water will pour onto the deck if you are careless  , not good .