8th April 2017. Boat and Crew back together again.

We were reunited with Harold today after a winter at home. He has been quite safe in the care of the Saltisford Canal Trust. We have a week together while we take him to Stowe Hill Wharf in Northamptonshire to have his bottom blacked and the prop straightened ready for the summer.

It took 2 hours to get everything stowed away and sorted out, but the engine started first time (good old Harold) and the batteries were still half full.

We watched a family of goldfinches feeding and drinking just outside our bedroom window and realised were are back in canal country.

Tomorrow we head East through Warwick and Leamington Spa. The weather looks good so we might try for the Blue Lias pub, although this is 13 locks away!

                                                  Harold has his last day in Saltisford.