The original plan from yesterday was to drive home this morning and come back next weekend to move the boat back to Kidderminster. However upon waking up this morning we realised that the ice had all gone, so we decided to chug back to the mooring and then walk back to get the car! On
Cold overnight and more snow meant we awoke to a frozen canal. We debated what to do, either try to get back to the mooring in the snow or leave the boat where it was and come back next weekend to retrieve it. We decided to try to get back to the mooring. The ice
The day started off bright but cold, we decided to go for a walk across the fields and through the woods to Cookley, then back along the towpath. It was a really lovely morning with all the foliage covered in frost. A short stop at the Tesco Express in Cookley, then back along the towpath.
Not staying overnight, just a quick visit to make sure that all is OK in the current cold weather. It was back November when we were last here and I set the background heater on quite low. So I have turned it up a bit to deal with the winter temperatures. The canal is frozen,
Friday 27th We thought that we would have a weekend onboard to make sure everything was OK, do a bit of winter preparation, and also fit in some Christmas shopping. About 6 o’clock on Friday we arrived to a very cold, and slightly damp, boat. I lit the fire, turned on the central heating and
Had breakfast, turned the boat and used the DIY pumpout machine, then turned again and headed back up the S & W all before 8:30! Got back to Roundhill Wharf packed up and left about midday.
As we wanted to be away fairly early on Friday morning we moved up into the basin during the morning. Then after lunch we went for a walk over Hartlebury Common. We set off down the riverside path then croosed over the A4025 onto the common. Each time we venture onto the common we seem
We left Worcester after breakfast and arrived at Stourport about midday. After a bit of shopping and a light lunch we walked to Bewdley along the riverside path. It’s a lovely walk of about four miles. The weather was perfect, so warm in fact that we needed an ice cream when we arrived in Bewdley.
Shopping again today to buy the things that we saw on the exploratory trip yesterday. Walked to Cafe Rouge for a meal in the evening, paid for with Tesco vouchers. There were only about half a dozen tables occupied, and all the ones that we saw pay also used Tesco vouchers. Good old Tesco!