http://www.justheaven.org.uk The Waterways Wanderings of Narrowboat "Just Heaven" Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:48:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It had rained heavily during the night and the sky was grey & foreboding so we set off around eight o'clock. The aim was to get to pershore for the night. On the way up we had seen good moorings at Pershore Recreation Ground so that's where we were heading ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=912 We were awoken in the night by some loud young men from a boat about 100yds away who were swimming across the river at 4:30 in the morning! A lazy start today. We got up and went for a walk along the riverside to the bridge below Colin P. Witter lock ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=903 For almost ten years now Teresa has wanted to arrive in Stratford by boat, well at last we have achieved it! Though it was after a fairly hectic day. We started early and moved up to Evesham lock by about 8:20. The lock is keeper operated and doesnt open until ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=890 The sky was clear and blue as we set off for our first trip up the Avon. After about an hour we met our first Avon lock at Strensham. The approach was a little odd with a swing footbridge across the entrance. We also had to get used to the ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=884 We had arranged to pick up Teresa & Lindsay at Tewkesbury Marina at about 17:30.  As that should only have been about 6.5 hours cruising we had a late start and did a few jobs and washed one side of the boat before setting off at 10 o'clock. The weather ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=880 I spent most of yesterday afternoon installing a new calorifier. The previous repair had lasted about a month, but then it started leaking somewhere else so we decided it wasn't worth trying to repair it again. I bought a new one from Surejust who were extremely helpful and patient with ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=874 The sun was shining and the sky was blue so we set off not long after 7 o'clock. Unfortunately that was the best weather of the day as it gradually got greyer and spotted with rain at times. As we came up through Gailey lock Heddi called out "I've got no ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=871 Another fairly short day. Lots of boats about and the weather was reasonably good, grey but fairly warm and not wet. We stopped briefly in Tixall wide for a full English breakfast. We stopped for the night between the two locks at Penkridge. It was a bit busy there and with ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=869 A very short day today - only 7 miles & nine locks. We did a few jobs around the boat. I treated the roof with a Jeyes Fluid solution to remove some of the algae that had developed during the winter. The problem was that I tried to rinse it off ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=866 Still no pics I'm afraid. A busy day today, lots of hire boats about. We haven't been on the Trent & Mersey for over six years. We used to have a share in the Ownerships boat "Symphony". At one time it was based at Barton Turns marina. So we used to ... http://www.justheaven.org.uk/?p=861