Only a slow chug of 10 miles today. We had breakfast then set off. It was fairly cold with a chilly wind blowing, though about two miles of fishermen were braving the cold to setup prior to a match. At Splatt bridge we moored up to take a walk into tne village to buy milk
Today was spent mostly going down the Severn. Below Worcester the river isn’t very interesting, with high banks you dont have much of a view. However the grandchildren enjoyed spotting the british bird life and the wide river gave them the opportunity to have a go at steering. At Upper Lode lock we had to
We have been on the boat several times over the winter, but this is the first time we have actually been anywhere. We started out in three cars, left two of them at Frampton on Severn, then carried on in one car to the marina at Droitwich. For this trip we have daughter Liz and
A quick trip to ASDA was called for before breakfast to get some milk, then off down the river to Diglis locks and onto the Worcester and Birmingham canal. We shared the two double locks with another boat from our marina, but they then stopped for coffee and we carried on. The weather was a
Just after setting off we came under the A449 ‘tunnel’ to see three boats and various people milling about. We we approached by a C&RT guy who asked us if we would breast up backwards with a hire boat and take him back down tne locks to the river. It seem that they had arrived
We arrived last night and did a few jobs on board. This morning Jan & Mike arrived about 10 o’clock. They are with us for the next three days. After unpacking their mountains of stuff and having a cup of tea we set off. It wasn’t long before we arrived at the M5 tunnel. I
The trip down the river was fairly uneventful, but coming up the Droitwich canals to the marina we got absolutely soaked. The weather was cold and windy at first, but warmed up a bit by 11:30. Waitrose in Vines park provided lunch, then just as we had finished it started to rain. The forecast said
We were due to pick up Karen & Simon at around 11:00, as they said their train got in to Kidderminster at 10:30, but then we recieved a message saying that they were an hour early. We still had plenty of time to get to Sainsburys to get some stuff for lunch. We set off
Rain, rain, rain and more rain! The weather forecast was showing the rain getting worse as the day went on, so we set off earlyish at 8:15. This part of the canal was very familiar to us as it was our “home canal” for about 6 years. We had fun trying to remember the order
It poured with rain all night and was still raining lightly when we awoke. We settled down to a porridge breakfast expecting to wait a while for the weather to improve. But at about 8:30 the sky cleared and it’s been a lovely sunny day. We have boated this bit of the Staffs & Worcs