Hopwood Visitor Moorings to just past B68, Hopwood
About 500 metres!
Chris had been worrying in the night about a leakage of anti freeze and was concerned it was a split hose in a place he was not able to get to. RCR (River & Canal Rescue) were called and an engineer duly arrived and sorted us out. A few years ago, before the onset of arthritic joints, Chris could probably have done it himself, but it is good to know there are knights in shining armour when they are required.
The weather was wonderful and we decided not to head into Birmingham today, so we just moved a short way along the cut into more open country and a little bit further from the noise of the M42.
Such a lovely mooring in such fabulous weather made finding the chairs and creating a Pimms (you can just see mine on the back of the boat) absolutely essential. Then it was what to have for dinner....
yes the first barbecue of the year. Chris dug deep and out it came and thankfully worked without any problems
Monty supervised from a safe distance
The local swans paid us a visit.
A barbecue had not been planned so the fare was not that exciting - sausage and black pudding was all we found to go with a Waldorf salad and tomato and basil salad.
but being able to sit out and enjoy a meal on a warm evening was appreciated by us both even if the table was at a fairly extreme slant
Nicholson's (our guide books) to the rescue and it was a little more level.
An unplanned day, but a good one never the less.
2 comments:
Ooo, Pimms! Now where's the nearest shop? Shame the rain has started. Hope your bbqd black pudding was good.
Pip
Surprisingly the black pudding was good. As was the Pimms! We have only had a small amount of rain here literally just as we moored up, but I suspect there is more on the way this evening. Jennie
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