Happy birthday Keith.
Thursday we tackled the Hatton flight. No problem we thought we have done the Cean hill plenty of times. However all locks are different and this was our first time up hill on the Grand Union. As I got off and was attaching the centre line because we were on our own, the lock keeper suggested to Grainne that it may be best if I jumped back on and they operated the first lock. So with no centre line attached we went up the first lock. What a difference to the K&A the ground paddle water flow simply holds you to the side, no fuss no panic. Great stuff
Grainne listening to advice
And the two lock keepers stayed with us all the way to the top, helping us up in very short time, with a stop half way for a sarnie. I gave the guys a couple of cans of beer each for their help. It had been an education and we very much appreciated their assistance. Part way up it started to rain very heavily and that continued for the rest of the day. We finally stopped at Kingswood, very wet. No internet again!
The flight
On our way to the flight we passed President on its way to Crick.
Today we have not gone far but are now on the Stratford and Avon canal about half way along having done the 21 lock flight in the morning and then the heavens opened. Narrower and shallower our progress was slower. Lovely canal though in the rural section.
We are now weighing up options for Birmingham on the bank holiday weekend, will we survive a Saturday night at Gas Street Basin? Only time will tell.
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