Yesterday’s meal at the Cape of Good Hope in Warwick was very tasty as were the local draught beers. We would highly recommend the pub.
After writing yesterday’s blog the water seepages we hoped were minor turned out to be very worrying. This morning we were able to determine that the water was coming from the small amount of bilge space below the wood flooring which is mostly filled with ballast of concrete blocks. After taking out a couple of these blocks from an accessible area below the bed the space was completely replaced by water which was easily removed with hand pump and sponges.
After perhaps 90 minutes work the water is down to a quarter of its previous level and areas of the boat which had been damp ever since the water leak was found last Friday are drying out.
Between sessions of water removal we moved the boat in hot sunny weather from near the Cape of Good Hope, down the two Cape locks and on to Tesco at Leamington Spa. There we stocked up with groceries. After lunch on the boat we continued our journey out of Leamington and up the large ascending Radford Bottom Lock. This lock was worked slowly and carefully as we were concerned that swirling waters could cause further leaks from the patched hole in the front of the boat. The ascent went smoothly and we moored up for the night at 16:10.
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