Warwick and Leamington Spa surprise me

Budbrook Junction Warwick to Fosse, Grand Union Canal, 7 miles 6 locks

We weren’t in a rush to get away this morning, so I took the girls out to find a geocache nearby and also a post box was needed, and with both of that done we pulled the pins and made our way out of Warwick…

The pub by the locks looks inviting.. There was a guy making fenders in the little hut building at the far side of the pub.. it amazes me how they can twist and turn the rope to make wonderful patterns for fenders..

We did those two locks on our own, and were fortunate that boats were coming up as we left, those huge lock gates are heavy.. was nice to leave them open!

Almost tickover speed today in the warm weather while we enjoyed the surroundings of Warwick then Leamington Spa, almost one town as both seem to have no fields between them.. but lots of really nice areas canalside..

Yes very much better than when I was here last.. that was well over 10 years ago.  We passed NB March Mole who had stopped briefly while a nip to a shop was done, the skipper called over asking if we were going through the next locks.. With the speed we were cruising today I told him it wouldn’t be a problem catching us up!!

So we shared the next 5 locks with this super little narrowboat.  It was the first ever hire boat built for the Fox Boatyard in March on the Middle Levels, I know Kevin will be interested in that!.. There is a super article by Jim Shead about this boatyard.. linky

It’s very quiet where we have moored this evening.. just the birds singing no other noise.. I have taken out all the glass from the window frames.. fabulous..