Day 15 - Leamington Spa to Long Itchington

First thing, Jan caught the train to Birmingham - handily the railway station at Leamington is only 5 minutes' walk from the canal.  Sadly the poste restante hadn't done its thing, but Victoria Square was worth the trip.

Statuary and the Town Hall in Victoria Square, Birmingham

Rainy again, so in the afternoon we planned a short journey to reach the village of Long Itchington by evening, impressed by the number of pubs there - seven.  This involved ascending 3 locks plus a double staircase lock, only the second such we've come across the other being the long staircase flight at Foxton near Leicester.  The paddle order there is important: "red before white, you're all right - white before red, you're dead"!  This staircase turned out to be relatively simple, just needing the upper lock to be filled and then emptied into the lower before starting up.  We went up with Suzy and Gary on Celtic Princess and met up for a drink in The Two Boats Inn later on.