We had agreed to meet Liz and her girls at Patch and then go down to the Wildlife & Wetlands Trust. So we set off at about 8:30, but the bridge keeper told us that there is a ‘school embargo’ on opening Fretherne bridge until 9 o’clock. This meant a very slow chug for half
We haven’t moved today as we have friends Jim & Mo visiting this evening. So today was spent chilling out and going for walks. The walks took us along parts of the Stroudwater canal that are soon to be restored.
Just a slow chug down to Sharpness and back today. After breakfast we tootled down to moor up between the old railway bridge and the marina. We took a walk out to the old Severn lock and back we had lunch then slowly chugged back to Splatt bridge where we had left the cars on
Only a slow chug of 10 miles today. We had breakfast then set off. It was fairly cold with a chilly wind blowing, though about two miles of fishermen were braving the cold to setup prior to a match. At Splatt bridge we moored up to take a walk into tne village to buy milk
Today was spent mostly going down the Severn. Below Worcester the river isn’t very interesting, with high banks you dont have much of a view. However the grandchildren enjoyed spotting the british bird life and the wide river gave them the opportunity to have a go at steering. At Upper Lode lock we had to
We have been on the boat several times over the winter, but this is the first time we have actually been anywhere. We started out in three cars, left two of them at Frampton on Severn, then carried on in one car to the marina at Droitwich. For this trip we have daughter Liz and
A quick trip to ASDA was called for before breakfast to get some milk, then off down the river to Diglis locks and onto the Worcester and Birmingham canal. We shared the two double locks with another boat from our marina, but they then stopped for coffee and we carried on. The weather was a
Just after setting off we came under the A449 ‘tunnel’ to see three boats and various people milling about. We we approached by a C&RT guy who asked us if we would breast up backwards with a hire boat and take him back down tne locks to the river. It seem that they had arrived
We arrived last night and did a few jobs on board. This morning Jan & Mike arrived about 10 o’clock. They are with us for the next three days. After unpacking their mountains of stuff and having a cup of tea we set off. It wasn’t long before we arrived at the M5 tunnel. I