Coventry Road Visitor Moorings to Saltisford Arm, Warwick (Grand Union Canal)

It was spitting to rain when we were ready to chug off this morning, but it didn’t come to anything and soon the sun was shining and it was very warm.  We chugged off up the canal to the two cape locks.  A boat was coming the other way and had just come through the lock so that was lucky as it was set for us.  I opened the gate and Kev came in and soon the boat was up and Kev was chugging onto the next lock which is by the Cape Pub.  There was a chap on the lock and he opened the gate for us while I was still walking up to the lock.  We thought he must be coming down, but he said he was moored at the top and just liked helping people, so he helped me with the lock, that was nice of him.  We said thanks and chugged off up the canal.

Guess who's coming towards us?

We were not that far from the Saltisford Arm, where we are going to moor, and a chap was coming along the towpath.  As he passed us, he said watch out, Prue and Tim are on their way and laughed.  We thought does he mean the real Prue and Tim or just that there was a boat coming that was going fast!

Hi Prue

Hi Tim

We went a bit further along the canal and a boat was coming the other way and guess what it was Prunella Scales and Timothy West with their son and a film crew.  Prue was sat in the front with their son and one of the film crew but we don’t think he was filming.  Prue waved and said hi as they went past, Tim was at the back with a lady and some film crew, we don’t know who the lady was but she was sat down and was talking into the camera.  Tim shouted good morning as we went by and I managed to get a few photos.  That made my day seeing them and you never know you might see us and our boat on their next program if we managed to get in on any of the shots, but knowing our luck if we did, we will end up on the cutting room floor!!

Entering the Saltisford Arm

Warwick with Castle in distance

We chugged on round the corner and into the Saltisford Arm where we moored up.  We got a really good sunny spot just before the winding hole by the open space and picnic tables.  

Market square in Warwick

We walked up to the town in the afternoon, it is a very nice place lots of individual shops and a nice market square.  We walked to the castle gates but didn’t go in as you really need a full day to go around it, maybe next time. We wandered around a bit more, went to the Sainsburys and then back to the boat. We had a bit of rain when we were in the town, but it soon went over and the sun came back out.

We are staying here until Monday as tomorrow Jon, Davina and James are visiting friends in the area and are calling by to see us first, so really looking forward to that.

Moored in the Saltisford Arm