June 5th 2011 - Off we go!

And off we go! Arrive Heathrow (from Toronto) at 0900, home at 10.00, washing, shopping, load car, oh! say goodbye to Penny and arrive to a very smelly boat at 16.30!! The batteries had not charged and the food left in the fridge was a bit off, to say the least!! I've cleaned it three times and it still pongs! Not to mention a lack of food! Anyway, enough of this, lets go boating.

Left the marina at 17.30, wondering about what I could get for dinner! And headed towards Warwick. It was spitting with rain, but not enough to worry about. Not many boats about, all tied up for the night I think. Arrived at 'The Boat' (plan A for dinner) to find it closed! most odd! So, nothing for it but to descend the 8 Stockton locks and hope that the 'Blue Lias' would still be serving food. A couple of Kate hire boats on the flight, but an otherwise uneventful descent to tie up right outside the pub at just after 8 to find it serving food till 9, what was the hurry? Lasagne and Abbot ale for dinner, the menu is still the same as our last visit a couple of years back, we weren't impressed then either! But needs must! Good conversation with two other boat crews, one of them walked down from the boat and a couple of walkers en route to the peak district, then enough of this great life, I was totally knackered and went to bed.

I have pictures, but only a 2G signal at the moment, so I'll try to add them when things (signal wise) improve. Posting this is painful enough!!

The aforementioned Stockton Locks:

Today: 3 miles - 8 locks - 2.5 hours.