Buddy and I set off on
Thursday morning not sure of how far we were going but I knew we needed to stop
in Leam to get a couple of parsnips for dinner that I forgot to buy on the weekly shop on Monday.
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Getting the first lock of the
day ready – Radford bottom lock
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Buddy waiting patiently
for me to go into the lock
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As we came out of the lock
we passed Blair and Liz so I pulled up against their boat for a quick
chat. After moving off and then passing the Radford
winter moorings I saw a tree across the cut.
As I got closer I saw that there was still room to pass – when I first
saw it I was coming out of a bend so couldn’t see right across to the towpath side - I doubt if a full wide beam would get through though.
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Fallen tree not quite
blocking the navigation
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I contacted CRT to report
the obstruction and then carried on.
Just before we reached the outskirts of Leam we passed Matt and Sinéad on their boats so I stopped to have a chat with them before moving on. They agreed that it felt very cold even
though there was no frost – the chill wind seemed to reduce the temperature by
a good few degrees.
On the way into Leam a lot
of residential roads run down to the canal and two always come to mind as we walked
along both on one of our explorations around
the town.
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A typical street lined
with two up/two down terraced houses.
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The very next street has
these rather grand houses, many of which have swimming pools in the rear gardens that are larger
than the footprint of two or three of the terraced houses
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Grander houses in the next street
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The route into Leam is not
the prettiest compared with some towns.
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Approaching Leam from the
east – not really the Regency buildings associated with the town
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Once we had cruised
through the town centre we moored up on the west side of town outside Lidl and
I went indoors for lunch (the boat not Lidl!). Over lunch I
decided that we should stay here for the day and then cruise to Warwick on
Friday (when it shouldn’t feel so cold as the wind is due to die down); we want to be at the far side of
Warwick ready to go up the Hatton flight with Mike and Lesley who are joining
us on Saturday.
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Moored outside Lidl for
lunch and, as it turned out, the rest of the day
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