Gloucester Dock

Saturday June 10th moored at Gloucester Docks.(Pictured)

On Wednesday we moved from our spot at Wyre Piddle lock with the plan of mooring at Pershore for the night. However, after doing a spot of shopping and once again wall to wall sunshine we made the decision to move on around 2pm. We progressed further South and on towards our eventual mooring at Tewksbury, where we’ll end our journey down the Avon and enter the River Severn.
By the time we reached Eckington Wharf we decided it was time to stop, the heat was beginning to get to us both. Here we moored for the night and were later joined by ‘Willow’ a 70 foot hotel boat enroute to Stratford. We awoke to another beautiful cloudless day on Thursday morning and after breakfast set off on our final stretch down the Avon to Tewksbury. On this final stretch the river widens by comparison into open meadows and farmland. The river passes under the M5 motorway surrounded by flood plain and beyond you can see the village of Brendon, where the fine 14th – C tithe barn can be seen from the river.
We arrived at Tewksbury at 1pm and moored just prior to the lock. After a stroll around the town in 80 degree heat we crashed for the day under some trees which we were lucky enough to be moored next to.
Friday morning and more glorious weather. We locked through from the Avon to the Severn at around 10am and made for the huge, manned Upper Lode Lock. Once through we progressed to Gloucester, no tides or Severn Bore, (Huge 8ft tidal surges), to contend with! After a 2 hour sail, passing only 4 boats enroute we telephoned Gloucester Dock of our imminent arrival and upon reaching the lock everything was set in our favour. At around 12.45 we were moored in Gloucester Dock. Here we’ll stay until Sunday and are already preparing for the England Vs Paraguay game!!