Cruising on the Staffs & Worcs
We have spent the last two days doing various assorted maintenance jobs. Saturday was painting day. We touched up the side below the gunnels where there were chips caused by workmen with strimmers flicking up stones. The front well deck also got a new coat of paint and also the locker at the back where
A bit of a lie in this morning, we didnt leave Worcester until just before 9 o’clock. A fairly pleasant trip up the river. We shared all the locks with a Alvechurch hire boat. The family on board normally live in Thailand and were on holiday to show the children some of the British countryside.
We left Tytherington in three cars at 7:45. Heddi and I in one each and Jan & Mike in theirs. In the little car park near Splatt bridge we moved various stuff from one car to another and then all piled into my car. Leaving the other two cars behind we headed up to Kinver.
The weather this morning is a complete contrast to yesterday. The sky is mainly clear and the sun is out. A slow chug back to our home mooring. When we arrived there were two boats in our space. Some workmen were installing new pilings below Hyde Lock by the by-wash outflow. They had moved Tony’s
We are moored right on the border between Worcestershire & Staffordshire. The line goes down the middle of the table, so I had last night’s meal in Staffordshire, while Heddi was in Worcestershire! We hadn’t visited JH since mid March and are not planning to again until the first week of June. So we thought
Another really lovely sunny day. We moved just a few hundred yards to along by the water point where we washed the port side. Over the winter the whole boat had taken on a dirty, dull appearance so we thought it was time for a spring clean. A slow chug on to near Bells Mill
We have cruised the Stourbridge canal several times, but not the Town Arm. So we decided to make the short journey up there for one night. The weather was good and we set off from our mooring at about 11:00. The weather clear and sunny and after a pleasant two horus or so we arrived
This morning we just chugged the few hundred yards to the service block, did a pumpout, topped up the water and returned to our mooring. Back home after lunch.
We had planned to come and check all was OK last weekend, but my health conspired against us. I had had a heavy chesty cough for a while and thought “It’ll go away, I’ll shake it off”. But it didn’t go away it got worse until one evening I collapsed with difficulty in breathing and