Today dawned pleasingly bright, and Brian set off in search of a paper while I did the washing up. However he found none that pleased him, so off we set at 9.25. We met a fair few boats coming the other way, but none seemed to be travelling in our direction, so all locks were done solo.
At the Fosse Locks we took on water and noticed the top of one tap was missing. At the next lock were what I assumed to be some BW men and told them about the tap. "That's not us" they said, "but thank you for letting us know". I wonder if anything will happen...
At Warwick I made what must have been my quickest ever visit to Tescos - 5 minutes there, 5 minutes back, 10 minutes shopping - while Brian waited with the engine running. Another half hour through the backstreets of Warwick and our last 2 locks of the day, and we were moored up near the Cape of Good Hope by 5.15.
We made our way to the Cape for a meal (and back again, in the dark!) across the lock gates. Amazed that 'elf 'n' safety' has not picked up on this yet. The meal was excellent and qualifies for best value so far - a mediterranean vegetable risotto with salad & chips (honest, I did not ask for the chips, but they were divine!) for £7.10 and liver & onions with mash & 2 veg for a fiver!
An early night ( to prepare us for Hatton tomorrow), but not before Brian had investigated strange noises from outside the boat. However, instead of the boathook thief he suspected, he found - a rat, scuttling along the gunwales. Well, they say you're never more than a metre from one.
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