Today’s aim was to get through Gloucester and onto the G&S canal. The summer opening times of Severn locks are 8:00 – 18:00, so we set off at 8:10 for Lower Lode lock about half a mile away. When we got there we found that there isn’t really anywhere to moor up to wait, so
We awoke to bright sunshine and thought “Ah a warm day, we’ll do the signs”. If we go down to Diglis basin there will be room to turn so we can do both sides. By the time we got to Diglis the sun had gone in and the temperature had dropped to near freezing, so
We embarked on our first ‘proper’ trip, previous trips had just been for a couple of days and only a short distance. The aim of the week was to move the boat from its temporary moorings at Tibberton on the W&B to its new permanent moorings at Round hill Wharf on the S&W. But we
A walk along the river in the morning and a bit of shopping in Homebase for some things for the boat and then back to Tibberton. Tres & Lins left for home, we stayed on board as we wanted to visit Kidderminster in the morning to look at a potential new mooring.
The day was cold & windy. We set off down the Tibberton locks. This was the first time we had done locks with JH! Not long after we had started off it began to rain, so by the time we got to Worcester we were wet & cold. Whilst Lins & I topped up the
She still had the name ‘Leah’ on the side and the previous owners name. We were keen to remove this as soon as we could, but a little nervous in case we made a mess of it. Friends Jan & Mike drove up to see us and while Mike and I went back to Hanbury
It was a cold frosty morning when we awoke. The plan was to move JH the 5 miles or so down the canal to Tibberton. That had been her permanent mooring. I had previously spoken to someone at BW who said that we couldn’t transfer the mooring, but we could stay there for month or
We loaded up the car with all the stuff we had bought and headed up the M5. It was dark when we arrived at Hanbury Wharf, so unloading from the pub car park was a bit tricky. We didnt know if there was any water in the tank so I pushed her over to the
I have spent quite a bit of time over the last couple of days sorting out the paperwork. Ringing round insurance companies, organising the licence transfer with BW, sorting out the mooring, planning the new signwriting…… Quite a lot to do and we havent actually used her yet !