Hatton Flight near Warwick

Tomorrow Weyward Lady and her trusty crew Cap’n Ed and Pretty Officer Sue take on the Hatton flight, 21 broad, that means double width, locks in 71/2 miles although, more importantly, 15 of them in just1 mile. This will be the first broad lock flight we will have done since going up and down the Caen flight on the Kennet and Avon a couple of years ago and that nearly killed us!!


We have a cunning plan. We are going to fill up with water at the water point which is at the top of the flight (just before the first lock). We are going to finish taking on water, purely coincidentally, just as a single narrowboat goes past with a minimum of 4 people on it, or even better 6 commandos having a training weekend! And if a single narrowboat doesn’t come along, we’ll catch up with you all some time next year after we have devised an alternative route. Either that or we get done for loitering!