Home mooring

We left at 6:30 this morning and arrived back at 11:00. Karen and Simon have just arrived back after their London trip. We went over to Bath Tub for a cup of tea and then set off for home.

Hawford locks

Another 7:30 start and, having turned all the locks again, arrived at Sainsbury’s in Kidderminster to do a bit of shopping. We had been following two Black Prince boats who were the most competent. So we thought that it would take a while to get through the staircases, but they both stopped on the services

Stourport

Our plans have had to change because Rob cancelled our Avon trip at the last minute. So we decided not to waste the available time and go for a short trip up the S&W. It’s been a long day today. We left home at 8:15, after topping up the water etc we left the marina

Stoke Prior

Everyone was awake early. We had breakfast and set off at 8:45. Up the three locks and left at the junction. A stop just above the second lock to walk to Hanbury Hall, where tea, coffee and cakes were consumed. We walked back to the boat for lunch then set off again. After winding at

In The Marina

We are here to celebrate Mike’s birthday. We arrived in time for a late lunch. I topped up the stern gland grease, refilled the water and we awaited our guests. They came soon after 5. We wined, dined, chatted and were all in bed by 10!

There and back again

Josh, Georgia and Ivy arrived mid morning and we set off up the three locks to Hanbury junction. This is Ivy’s first experience of narrowboating! We turned in Tibberton winding hole then came back to Dunhampstead moorings for lunch. The sun was shining and it was warm and pleasant. Back to the marina and our

Back to the marina

We were up and way earlyish as the forecast was for the weather to deteriorate during the day. We were very surprised by the lack of other boats about. In the two days to Worcester and back we only encountered three other boats on the move. Following a short stop for lunch we carried on

Dunhampstead moorings

We came up yesterday afternoon and stayed in the marina overnight. I did a few jobs onboard this morning whilst waiting for Teresa and Brian. They came in time for lunch, and then we set off. This is Brian’s first ‘proper’ trip, previously he’d only been on the G&S for a short chug. We turned