Cruising on the Severn
It’s my birthday! We have been on board several times over the winter, but this is the first time we have actually been anywhere. Yesterday we drove up from home, then this morning Nik, Paul, Izzie and Roxie joined us. We are out for 3 days just doing the Droitwich ring. Soon after setting off
Eight o’clock and we were setting off down the river. It had rained heavily overnight and we were still getting odd showers. The trip down the Severn from Worcester to Tewkesbury isn’t particularly interesting! There is not much to see because of tne high flood banks. On arrival at Avon lock we had a bit
Drove up to arrive at the marina just after 10 o’clock. As we were unloading Simon brought The Bath Tub down to tie up temporarily nearby. Then, after topping up the water we set off. A short stop in Droitwich for shopping followed by a pleasant run down to the Severn and on to moor
Today’s plan was to give Georgia’s parents a river and canal trip. We moved down stream a bit from the racecourse mooring to just below Sabrina bridge. Paul & Wendy arrived about 9:30 and after tea & coffee we chugged upstream slowly to show them the river. Wendy had a go at steering and did
We were about to set off this morning when two Black Prince hire boats came past going rather slowly. So we waited 10-15 minutes for them to get ahead and then set off slowly. But we still caught them up before the first lock. This meant that we would have to follow them through all
The plan was to start off early and get to Hempstead bridge about 8 o’clock as they come on duty, then make an early start up the river. The plan was foiled on two counts. Firstly we didn’t get out of bed on time! Secondly Llanthony bridge doesn’t open until 9:00 to allow all the
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
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