We woke up early, around fiveish. It had been raining most of the night and was getting harder. We decided to make an early start and be at Lincomb lock at 8:00 when it opened. Anyone in Stourport that morning could have witnessed a succession of four people, only partially clad in an assortment of
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 about 8:00 and arrived in Worcester just after 12 for lunch. We moored up just above the rowing clubs at an ideal spot for next week, when we are coming back for Worcester races. We left agin to carry on up river at 12:55. 3 hours and 10 mins later arrived in Stourport and
We walked back into the docks in the morning and met Teresa (who was queueing to see Gok Wan !). We wandered round to the area by the lock and found Jim with his cannon. He was all dressed up in authentic clothing of the era. We got a text from Nikki to say that
Another gloriously sunny day. We moved back up to Hempstead as we knew there would be no space in the docks, but we wanted to be within walking distance. In the morning we walked into town and had a look around the new Gloucester Quays “designer outlet” shopping centre. Heddi spent quite a while choosing
Back up to Splatt bridge as we had planned a a barbecue with Teresa and Lins in the evening and it was a much more suitable mooring. On the way back up the canal we saw a duck-like bird that we didnt recognise. Smaller than a mallard and a sort of mottled greyish brown. We
We had arranged to meet friends Mo & Jim in the evening at the Tudor Arms Slimbridge so we did a gentle chug back down to Patch bridge. This time we moored on the Sharpness side of the bridge where access is easier. We saw two goosanders on the canal, never seen a goosander before.
We decided that, being a bank holiday, today could be busier than yesterday so moved up to Splatt bridge near Frampton on Severn where it was much quieter and there was a good mooring with plenty of space on the grass for barbeques etc. About 11:00 daughter Nikki, son in law Paul and grandaughter Izzy