Saltisford canal trust; Tuesday 7th July
Myra had designated today as a shopping day; we started by tying up outside Lidl at Warwick. Whilst Myra was inside, I was watching the future of this country on their way to school along the canal towpath opposite. If our future depends on that lot, then I will be completing the membership forms for Exit as a matter of urgency.
Each group, as the wandered along, was busily destroying bushes at the edge of the housing estate; there were about six heaps of branches that had been broken off and some had been thrown into the canal. Then I heard the sound of stones hitting the boat moored behind us. I removed one of the window top lights and pointed the camera at them, just in time to prevent two of them actually throwing at our boat. They shouted ‘Camera’ and as one; they immediately covered their faces and heads. Yobs in the making they may have been, but I was impressed with the lightning fast reaction to the shout.
Having started the day with some of Warwick’s finest, it then began to rain. We arrived at the moorings outside Tesco with spaces to spare; it was only 8.35am!
We shared the Cape two locks with a boat from Weltonfield and the steerer and I had a chat about mutual friends. We arrived at the Saltisford arm where we will stay two nights, in order to look around Warwick tomorrow.
Myra was obviously missing her swimming sessions in the Thames as she wasted little time before swimming in the canal when we had moored against another narrowboat. Actually, she missed her footing when crossing the back end of the next boat and slipped in. The decks were wet, and the other boat did not have anti-slip paint on the deck. She was not hurt, but I was a bit annoyed that she had wasted water and fuel heating it; by having a shower this morning.
We moved down the arm and moored against an ex-BW flat; the decks are flat and have years of non slip paint on them.
2009 Totals: 341 Locks – 651.5 miles – 14 Bus pass uses.
