Away at abut 8:00, the weather not so good, a bit cold and we had to put waterproofs on for a while. By the time we got to Gloucester the sun had come out but there was a cold wind blowing. We had planned to have breakfast on the finger pontoons in the docks, but
Woke up to a nice bright, sunny morning and set off just before 8:00. The trip down to Worcester was uneventful, very little boat traffic about. We shared Holt lock with a small cruiser and passed one narrowboat going up but that was all. We stopped at Worcester for breakfast at about 12ish (it’s our
We left home in two cars, picking up friends Teresa & Lindsay on the way and headed for Saul. I had arranged with the Saul mooring organiser to leave one car on the site over the weekend. However when we got there I could find no CCT people around. So we found a safe looking
A lazy morning start, then back to our permanent mooring in Kidderminster, pack up and back home.
Didnt move today. We spent the time doing odd jobs around the boat and wandering around Kinver shops. A pleasant, relaxing day.
In the morning we went on a pleasant walk along part on the trackbed of the old South Staffordshire Railway. We walked back up Bratch locks along the towpath to Mops Farm Bridge, No 54. From here a footpath crosses several fields and emerges by a crossroads. If you go through the picnic site you
After the toing & froing for the pumpout we did a short chug down to just below Bratch locks and moored on the non-towpath side by the picnic area. We stayed here for the rest of the day and part of the the next day. In the afternoon I made a small folding table for
Turned round and back down the Shroppie to Autherley, stopping at Turner’s garage on the way to pick up some diesel at only 77p/litre. We called in at Limekiln Chandlery for some odd & ends then went through the bridge and round the corner to stop for the night. We saw several people walking their
When we got to Wheaton Aston lock the wind was blowing very hard across the canal at right angles. There was a queue of four boats in front of us. They were all have great difiiculty getting into the lock in the wind. The technique used by most was to have someone on the towpath
We stopped for water by the old Water Travel base near the stop lock. It was getting cold and the wind was picking up so we decided to stop for the night on the mooring by bridge 4. The are rings here but it’s difficult to moor up as there is an underwater ledge. Had