This is a week or more old now.

A few days in the Saltisford Arm at Warwick.   Magic.   What a fantastic place to spend time.

Wednesday at about 8.45 we started on the Hatton Flight ( 21 locks). we finished at 12.30 ish.  And there was a volunteer helping on the last few.  Found a nice mooring and called that it. Phew. !!!!

Thursday onwards up the beautiful Lapworth flight.  And again a smashing mooring,complete with pretty grass snake, basking in the water.  Mick reckons it was about 18ft long. !!!!!!

 

Now tonight, Friday we are in Brum until Monday m orning. I love this place. Makes a change from all the rural canals.  However, rural is still  “the best” for us. So a mooch about tomorrow and look for a nice restaurant for Sunday.   Chinese ? Indian?  Who knows.

Well, we had an extra day here and Trundle met her big sister, now called Riverwood.  Originally she was called Riverweed, and this was the nb that we had a holiday on, to make sure that we were still “into” this narrowboating lark.  The folks who now own her are called Dave and Elizabeth Wood, South Africans, who go home in October.  So they have just started their boating odyssey, but it looks like we will be in the same area next year, we did a mobile phone swapping of numbers, so that we can have a catch up. A really nice pair.

Before we left Wonderful Birmingham, wow-city, we took Finlay for a walk, and found some grass for him to sniff.  There was a dusky lady with her 2 dogs, one of which was a tripod.!  The story unfolded, and when this doggy was 3 months old it ran in front of a car, and had to have its leg removed.  Now at 9 months, he was racing about and in fine fettle.   Anyway, this nice lady was droaning on, so as we wished each other a good day and happy times.   I meant to say “en joy your doggies”.   Guess what I ended up saying?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   “ Oh well, Happy Dogging”.   I hope she doesn’t know what “dogging” means.  I can’t believe I said that…..

.  Mick can. Jim can. Maralyn can…………..

Tuesday was away day.   Couldn’t go Wolverhampton, as a lock is being repaired.  Couldn’t go Minworth as a bank collapse is being repaired.  So we decided to go through the Netherton Tunnel to DUDLEY , Brierley Hill Flight, and eventually the Stourbridge 16 locks.  However, we hadn’t reckoned on doing them in one day.   Bit of a foul up.  Left Brum( wonderful Brum) at 7.30am, and I was drinking and Icy San Miguel at 6.30pm,.   !!!!!   what a long day.

We came across the Merryhill Centre in Dudley, and that’s where we should have moored for a while.  Moorings are Excellent and very much geared up for boaters. A;lso great shopping for those that need it.

 

Now we are on the Staffs and Worcs. Canal.  Great. Tomorrow, AFTER it has stopped raining, we will do a self pump out. !   whey hey. And then onwards and slowly towards Great Heywood.