The Cape of Good Hope

After the torrential rain over the last two days TV reports spoke of disastrous flooding in the midlands and elsewhere, yet we had seen little sign of anything unusual.  Water levels might have been up a few inches.  Leaving Blue Lias and descending the two locks at Itchington we motored on to the Bascote staircase where we met the local lengths-man who said that things had been quite different the day before with the towpath under a foot of water.   A glimpse of the surrounding countryside gave us the appearance of a seaside bay in the distance.   Further on we joined forces with "Apperley" to continue the descent to Leamington Spa.  We were aiming for a big shopping experience at Tesco, they a swift visit to Warwick.   By the time we had done the shopping, they had finished their walking tour of Warwick.    We stopped below Cape Locks to take on water and then went up the two locks with a hire boat to find a convenient mooring near to the Cape of Good Hope pub.    Hopeless TV opportunities here though, so we went and had a few beers instead then watched a DVD.