Perfect timing!

We were a little "tardy"and didn't set off until 10.30am  It's nice to be lazy when there isn't much to do except 30 locks!  As it happened we timed it perfectly.  5 minutes behind us was a boat with 8 crew and they were very happy to let David out of the lock and close up behind him.  To add to our luck there were boats coming the other way so the locks were pretty much all set in our favour.  Took us 3 1/2 hours to do the flight which we thought was pretty good.  By 2.00pm we had stopped at the top for lunch and it started raining so the timing was perfect again.  After lunch and a little snoozette the sun came out so off we set.  We were planning to stop for the evening around Hopwood but we've found a lovely little spot, on a wide part of the canal, just beyond the last parked boat looking out onto rural countryside.  Between Tardebigge Tunnel & Shortwood Tunnel, just before bridge 58.  Tomorrow we should get to Birmingham and moor for the night in the famous "Gas Street".  Everyone tells us it's a great place to moor.  Plenty of eateries and shops to keep us busy on Thursday when it is forceast to pour down all day.  Let's hope they've got that wrong.  Fish pie for supper with Key Lime Pie - can't be bad!