Cruising on the Severn
We had moored JH by Sandfield bridge during the week, so on Saturday afternoon we parked the car where we had left it previously and set off at about 3 o’clock. We got to Gloucester about 5:00. I called the lockie and he said to moor up in the docks as he was waiting for
We were at Saul Festival from 3rd – 7th July, part of the ‘cutweb’ contigent. We were two of the many ‘green tee-shirt’ volunteers, our duties were on the Information desk. The weather wasnt very clement, but a good time was had by all. Pictures by Angela Faull & Andrew Dyke
Away at abut 8:00, the weather not so good, a bit cold and we had to put waterproofs on for a while. By the time we got to Gloucester the sun had come out but there was a cold wind blowing. We had planned to have breakfast on the finger pontoons in the docks, but
Woke up to a nice bright, sunny morning and set off just before 8:00. The trip down to Worcester was uneventful, very little boat traffic about. We shared Holt lock with a small cruiser and passed one narrowboat going up but that was all. We stopped at Worcester for breakfast at about 12ish (it’s our
We left home in two cars, picking up friends Teresa & Lindsay on the way and headed for Saul. I had arranged with the Saul mooring organiser to leave one car on the site over the weekend. However when we got there I could find no CCT people around. So we found a safe looking
Uneventful journey up the river. Weather was good for the time of year. We moored by the Sabrina footbridge at about three thirty and spent the rest of the afternoon & evening watching the rowers going up and down. At one point two ‘dragon boats’ appeared and were racing each other – they go pretty
The next morning whilst we we using the pumpout machine a guy from one of the liveaboards came up and asked us what the commotion was about the previous evening. We told him the story and it seems that the girl’s boyfriend did something similar a few weeks earlier. We moved over to moor on
My sister San, her partner John and my Mum came to see us just after lunch. As Mum isnt very steady on her legs we pulled over to the services area at Slimbridge Boat station for her to get on. We topped up with diesel whilst there. We took them for a little chug up
Today’s aim was to get through Gloucester and onto the G&S canal. The summer opening times of Severn locks are 8:00 – 18:00, so we set off at 8:10 for Lower Lode lock about half a mile away. When we got there we found that there isn’t really anywhere to moor up to wait, so
We awoke to bright sunshine and thought “Ah a warm day, we’ll do the signs”. If we go down to Diglis basin there will be room to turn so we can do both sides. By the time we got to Diglis the sun had gone in and the temperature had dropped to near freezing, so