Friday, September 10, 2021

Onto the Grand Union

Friday 10th September 2021

Last night we ate in the Wharf Tavern at Hockley Heath, a short walk from our overnight mooring. The sirloin steaks were the best that we’ve had for years and the clotted cream ice-cream was 5*. An excellent evening meal for two for £35 all in including drinks. – highly recommended by the Jannock crew.

This morning we set off in the gloom but it soon brightened up, we’d imagined having to do the Lapworth flight in the rain but it stayed dry and sunny.

Passing through the isolated locks at the top of the flight Graham spotted some plum trees loaded with fruit and so more than 2kg of fruit was harvested very quickly.


 

At the top of the flight of 9 close together locks we met a mother and son volockie team who aided us down them in a very quick time due to the son setting ahead whilst Mum and Grahame worked Jannock through the lock. Only at the last lock was the rhythm disrupted by someone coming up. There was so much water coming down the flight with us that it was great to be able to move Jannock out of one lock and straight into the next with no hanging around.


 

Thanks to all the CaRT volunteers – to be honest, without the volunteer sector this country would grind to a halt! From listening to kiddies read in school, running youth organisations and day centres to delivering out-of-hours emergency blood supplies – we couldn’t afford to pay all our volunteers.

We moored up on the 48 hour mooring above lock 13 and Graham went on the Di Blasi to fetch the car from Brinklow. Then we moved down a further three locks to stop next to the carpark to offload all our stuff than needs to go home, before descending the last lock onto the Lapworth link. At the junction with the G U we turned left and then reversed to a 14 day mooring spot below the junction to leave Jannock for about 10 days.

G&B

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