Kingswood Junction, Lapworth

We began the Lapworth Lock Flight today and managed eight of the twenty six locks! This took us to Kingswood Junction; a triangular junction with a little island in the middle. It joins the Stratford on Avon canal to the Grand Union canal via the Lapworth Link. Will being Will, wanted to make sure Rainboat travelled the whole triangle and link so he winded her in the marina, then again where the branch entered the Grand Union, while Vicky worked the locks. We moored up on the link beside a clearing with some beautiful carved wooden picnic tables. It was very peaceful apart from trains thundering accross the nearby railway bridge, which they continued to do throughout the night.

Kingswood is a base out of which the CRT operates. It had all the facilities, although the elsan and showers were out of order 😪 It made us grateful to have opted for a compost toilet, meaning we aren't tied to service points like these.

We'd not travelled anywhere near a supermarket for some time and were getting very low on food. Will took our one remaining bike and cycled to Sainsbury's several miles away, returning with his rucksack full to bursting.Leia mais