A day of visitors. Adam and Sian arrived at 10:30 and we took them for a chug up to Saul. We moored up and then retraced yesterday’s walk back to their car, then on to pick up our car. Meanwhile we had a call from Nikki saying that they were on the way. We told
A good day weatherwise. The clouds have gatthered a bit since first thing, but there’s still blue in the sky. Loads of bird song here. Our ‘Merlin’ song recogition app has detected 8 or 9 different ones. This afternoon I did a bit of maintenance. It started off with just scleaning up the locker where
This morning we went down to the WWT to give the car a bit more charge. It dint work properly the first time. So we had to have a second walk around and a trip to the cafe while it did charge the second time. The afternoon was spent on various maintenance jobs. Heddi did
Yesterday Steve & Lori came round in the morning for a cuppa and to natter about old people’s health issues! Heddi went to her choir rehearsals in the afternoon. I turned the boat around in order to work on the ongoing problem of the water ingress around the side hatch. The Smart needed charging this
We have been to the dentist this afternoon, then drove straight back to here. With the Smart in the car park we walked up the towpath to Splatt bridge to get the boat and then chugged back to Patch bridge. Luckily there was a space for us on the non towpath side. So we moored
Our worst weather day. It started off very cold and by by the time we reached Frampton it was really cold, wet and windy. We had a real struggle mooring up as the wind was coming right across the canal and Heddi couldn’t hold the boat on her own whilst I hammered in the pins,
To make sure that we got through Gloucester lock as soon after nine as possible we set off at about 10 past 8. The weather was a bit cold, but the forecast was for a bright sunny day. On approaching Llanthony bridge we could see two other boats hovering around. The bridge cant be opened
After over two months here on the G&S, we are starting the trip back up to Droitwich. Sue and Tom are coming with us. To save having to leave Tom’s car in Purton Will drove the four of us there. After unloading and carrying the food, clothes etc along to the boat, Will returned and
We haven’t moved for a few days due to the battery problems. Jan and Mike called in on Friday evening for a “Friday Chicken” meal and Steve and Lori came on Saturday. The wind has been blowing a gale with breakers on the canal. We are back with Sue & Tom in a few days