Major's Green to Lapworth lock 6 (7 miles, 4 locks)

Another lovely peaceful night!

 
The weather was playing up again, meaning keeping the boats in the channel wasn't easy, but we weaved through the countryside in our search for a hardware shop.

Quite a wide section here, more to do with erosion (prop wash damage!) than excavation, as we saw a chunk of grass float towards us!

This was the first bridge we had seen since leaving Brum which didn't have tags all over it, just a lonely little one in the corner!

So we came round the corner and laughed out loud when we saw this pretentious development, so out of keeping with everything else.  The white staircase is a waterfall......

Another one of Reg's boats!  http://www.littleboatco.co.uk/

We got all excited when we discovered a hardware shop would be located in Hockley Heath, so grabbed the mooring as we approached and took a walk into the village.  After a Scoob had had a siesta in the sunshine.

Unfortunately, the shop had everything else, but, so we decided to put the rudder on the back burner and enjoy the weekend.  Richard was playing with the settings on the camera and took this of the view from the boat, gorgeous!

The Wharf Tavern, located in the old coal yard wharf, provided the best value Sunday carvery we have had for ages at £5!  

Setting off this morning, we dealt with 2 lift bridges before slaying 4 locks easily!  After Tardebigge, these are a walk in the park!  We will do the rest of the flight downhill before the weekend...

The smallboat moored on the left had approached us slowly before calmly mooring up where it is now, no one at the tiller!  Wooohoo!  Spooky, Richard jumped off and rehooked the nappy pins so it couldn't have another play on it's own!  Wonder what the owners will say when they realise it has moved 2 moorings up!

We moored up after a wet morning's work, took a walk to the bottom of the flight to the junction at Kingswood, then returned to make a new rudder....well we had come across a wood yard at the side of the canal, who also sold hinges.  We need to get some more wood though for the braces which go width ways and also something for the elum (tiller), so we will take a walk back up the canal tomorrow....