We awoke this morning to grey, overcast skies and strong winds. Our daughter Liz and her family were meeting us at Splatt bridge for a lunchtime barbecue, but it didn’t look promising. We set off about eight o’clock and had to battle against a strong headwind. At Saul we wanted to use the DIY pumpout
An early start, we were on our way by 6:15. Becca was still in bed until we got to Stourport. On the Severn it was windy and rather chilly, but an uneventful cruise down. We stopped briefly at Worcester for a cooked breakfast and to top up the water. The stretch of Severn from Worcester
We picked up Becca, our granddaughter, and arrived at Kinver about five thirty. A quick unload and off. We wanted to get as far as we could before dark, as the plan is to do the whole of the Severn tomorrow. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but as the water levels are low BW
A weekend of odd jobs in preparation for the trip down the Severn to the Gloucester & Sharpness later in the month. We had planned to go camping this weekend in the new tent, but the weather forecast is for rain Saturday and thundery showers Sunday, so we decided to do a few jobs on
Another lovely warm sunny day. More boats about today and lots of fishermen. Whilst we were still in bed we could hear the fishermen trundling their kit along the towpath. They all congregated just in front of our boat. It looked like they were organising themselves for a match. After a while they all dissappeared,
We left soon after nine to drive to the NEC for the “Boat & Caravan Show”. It should be called “The lots and lots of caravans and a few boats if you look very hard show”. From an inland waterways point of view it was very disappointing. There were five halls, four large and one
Only a short way today, just 2 miles & 3 locks. This morning we went on a walk to the pretty village of Trysull. We went up to Awbridge lock. Then along the lane and across the fields to the village. After turning left at the church we picked up a footpath that led via