Cruising on the Staffs & Worcs
We arrived yesterday afternoon and just did a few jobs and chilled out. Heddi saw a poster advertising the Black Country Boat Festival which is on this weekend. We checked in Nicholsons and found that it was about 10 miles along the towpath to the festival site at Netherton, so decided that we would cycle
The day started cold and wet, though the rain wasn’t as heavy as yesterday. We went up through the staircases and into the basin. Breakfast was taken on the services pontoon while we waited for Limekiln to open, as we needed to top up the diesel. An uneventful run up to the home mooring at
I spent most of yesterday afternoon installing a new calorifier. The previous repair had lasted about a month, but then it started leaking somewhere else so we decided it wasn’t worth trying to repair it again. I bought a new one from Surejust who were extremely helpful and patient with my many queries. The install
The sun was shining and the sky was blue so we set off not long after 7 o’clock. Unfortunately that was the best weather of the day as it gradually got greyer and spotted with rain at times. As we came up through Gailey lock Heddi called out “I’ve got no power!” I could hear the
Another fairly short day. Lots of boats about and the weather was reasonably good, grey but fairly warm and not wet. We stopped briefly in Tixall wide for a full English breakfast. We stopped for the night between the two locks at Penkridge. It was a bit busy there and with hindsight we would have
A very short day today – only 7 miles & nine locks. We did a few jobs around the boat. I treated the roof with a Jeyes Fluid solution to remove some of the algae that had developed during the winter. The problem was that I tried to rinse it off with the mop, the
Still no pics I’m afraid. A busy day today, lots of hire boats about. We haven’t been on the Trent & Mersey for over six years. We used to have a share in the Ownerships boat “Symphony”. At one time it was based at Barton Turns marina. So we used to know this section well.
Only a short cruise today, just two locks and a few miles. We arrived at Tixall Wide in time for lunch, then went for a long walk up into Brocton Coppice and around the Shugborough estate. We started off by walking back along the towpath to bridge 106 then across the river, the railway line
A longish day today. When we awoke the sky was blue and the sun shining, so an early start was called for. On the move by 7:30. Unfortunately by nine o’clock the clouds had gathered and the rest of the day was grey and overcast. Still not many boats around and we didnt have to
No photos this trip I’m afraid. We forgot to bring the camera battery charger with us, went to take the first photo and the camera shut down saying no power. We didnt leave the mooring until about twelve, then a quietish chug until four thirty when we moored up on the visitor’s mooring above Bratch