We picked up grandson Josh then drove in two cars to Frampton on Severn, left one car there and continued on to Kinver. Unloaded as quickly as we could and set off. The idea was to get as far as we could tonight as we wanted to do the whole Severn run from Stourport to

It isn’t just BW who have a maintenance backlog, we have one too. I keep a list on board of all the various little jobs that need doing. So this weekend was dedicated to crossing some of them off the list. First I decided that the still leaking calorifier needed to be completely taken out

The problem we had was that we, and the boat, were in Kinver and the car was in Kidderminster. We had consulted the bus timetable for the 580 service to Kidderminster, but we were a little confused as to where we needed to catch the bus. It was further confused because the route had recently

Only a short day today, so a lateish start for us at around nine o’clock. We hadn’t been going long when, just after bridge 43, we noticed a large Sainsbury’s store. It looked fairly new, but I don’t know how we had missed it on the way up. It will prove very useful as it

Another day that started off cold but warmed up later. By the time we got to Bratch it was gorgeous sunshine. We stopped off at Compton to top up with diesel and gas at Limekiln and visit the charity shop and Daisy freezer centre. The afternoon was fairly quiet with very few boats on the

The morning started bright & sunny so we made an earlish start at around 8:00. Even though it was sunny it was still very cold, especially on the exposed section between Coven and Hatherton.  Quite a few boats about today, though we didnt have to queue at all, just occasionally wait for a boat already

It was really cold this morning, but the sun came out this afternoon and it has warmed up a bit. We had been moored up for a while when an old working boat came past very quickly and very fast. We rocked about so much that things fell off of shelves and out of cupboards.

We are moored up on our new mooring at Kinver. We won it in a BW auction. Ours is the last one before Hyde Lock. It’s much quieter and more pleasant here than in Kidderminster, but not so convenient for the shops. Last night was spent at the old mooring, and then this morning I

As we needed to be back home for lunch we set off early for Kidderminster. As we were coming under Limekiln Bridge (one of the ugliest bridges on the whole sysyem!) I was trying to avoid a Sainsbury’s shopping trolley, and istead knocked the chimney off into the cut. We reversed back and fished around

This is the first opportunty since mid November to go any further than a couple of miles as the BW maintenance stoppages have now finished. We needed a pumpout so it was a choice between Kinver & Stourport. We decided last night that if the weather looked good this morning then it would be Kinver