Alas poor Warwick

We knew it well.  But it was odd to go back because it was three years ago that we visited and we couldn't remember a thing about the place until we walked into town and it all came back - a very pretty town with an eye-wateringly expensive castle to visit  (so we didn't).  To get here on Friday last we had to come down 16 locks of the Lapworth Flight and then 21 double locks on the Hatton Flight.  Nearly as many as if we has stuck to the original plan and gone the other way.  Mind you we had CRT volunteers on both flights and they weren't really a problem.  Actually looking at timing and the state of the rivers after all the recent rain I think we made the right decision.  So we are now off to the the famous junction at Braunston and thence past our new marina further up the Grand Onion towards Coventry.  Whether we have time to nip up the Ashby remains to be seen as we want to be home by the end of the month.  Oh and Sunday lunch was in a local boozer called the Globe not too bad a it got a 9 but I'm thinking of changing the Sunday challenge from the best lunch to the best roast spuds as I have yet to have a decent one!!!!!

The bottom of Lapworth after 16 lock s- only 21 to go

Not hard to decide which way to go

The centre of Warwick, there was a big market here the previous day which kept Fi happy