Cruising on the Staffs & Worcs
Just an overnight trip with the grandchildren Josh & Becca to make up for the weekend in January when we couldn’t go anywhere because of the frozen canal. We arrived about 10:30 and plodded slowly up to the Lea Lane winding hole, turned and came back to Wolverley to moor just above the lock. The
Just up for the day with friends David & Veronica. They live in South Africa and are over in the UK for the summer. David is interested in narrowboats and is considering one for their UK base, so we thought that a little taster by way of a day trip would be a good idea.
A late start around nine o’clock as we didnt have far to go. We stopped at Wolverley for breakfast and then went for a walk from Wolverley Forge bridge, across the river and some fields & woods to come out on “The Shortyard”. From there down through the village and out along the footpath that
The original idea for today was to cruise up to Aldersley junction, turn and then call in at Limekiln Chandlery in Compton for diesel, a bottle of gas and a pumpout. First thing in the morning the red light for the holding tank came on to indicate that it was full. This meant we definately
A lazy start today, we had a cup of tea in bed at eight and didnt get going until just gone nine. The weather was grey and overcast with occasional drizzle on and off all day. We were hoping for a barbeque tonight and had planned on stopping at the picnic site at the bottom
Here for the weekend with friends Teresa & Lindsay. We arrived in Kidderminster about fiveish, unloaded, topped up the water and chugged for an hour or so to Wolverley. The plan was to have a meal and then go for a walk around the village, but by the time we had eaten it was getting
The rain had stopped for part of the night, but then started again heavily around 6:00. I was a little conerned that the river levels would come up too much and we wouldnt be able to get back. This part of the severn often becomes un-navigable after several days of heavy rain around the headwaters
Arrived in Kidderminster at about 13:30 with friends Jan & Mike after being stuck in traffic on the A449 for quite a while. The plan for the weekend was to go down to Worcester for Ladies Day at the races. We were due to meet various other friends there who would be coming by car.
It took just two hours to get back to our home mooring. Another super day weatherwise, but unfortunately it’s time to go home. Back in 4 days though. The wretched ducks had been active and made a mess all over the pontoon again. We had to spend 20min cleaning it all off before we could
Left home in two cars, left one at Slimbridge and then on up to Kidderminster. Unloaded and went to start the engine, turned over OK, but wouldn’t fire. I suspected that the cylinder glow plugs were not coming on. A poke about in the engine to tighten up some wiring and bingo, we were off.