A later start today as it’s only about 5 hours back ‘home’. We shared Bevere lock with a liveaboard couple who were heading for Stourport. As we neared the first Hawford lock we could see a boat in there, so we shared with him, a single hander. But he wanted to go alone, so we
As soon as the bridge keepers came on duty we chugged up to Llanthony pontoon to do a pumpout. We then had to wait until 9:15 for Llanthony bridge, but we were soon in the lock and off up the river. It wasn’t good weatherwise. Not raining but cold and windy all the way. A
Teresa and Brian picked us up from home and drove to Purton. We unloaded the stuff, Brian took their car to the car park and we picked him up on the was past. Then a gentle chug up to Hempstead. We had intended to moor up for the night between Sims bridge and Netheridge bridge,
We have been here for the last four days. Josh and Ivy came on Friday and stayed til Sunday. Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been brilliant, but it was OK enough for us to take a short trip down to Sharpness. A walk in the sunshine provided the opportunity to throw stones into the water at