Cruising on the Staffs & Worcs
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
We have have spent a few odd nights onboard since October, but we haven’t actually moved. We popped up this weekend to check things were OK. I have developed a little box of tricks that monitors things on board, e.g. temperature & battery state. It regularly sends data back to a server via the mobile
A thick mist had descended over the river during the night and, as the sun rose, it looked really great in the sunshine. We gave up any thought of going back into the shops and, after breakfast, set off back up to Stourport. It was fairly chilly but a really great morning to be on
The weather looked good when we awoke, so we decided to have a cup of tea and set off in case it turned worse later on. A good trip down to Kidderminster, with a cold wind blowing but the sun shining. At Sainsbury’s we stopped to do the food shopping for the week. Then had