Well it’s just on a week now since our last post at Gloucester Dock and already I find myself writing our June monthly log too.
(Pictured.. Quidditch moored at Slimbridge with Dee's dingy).
In brief June was spent primarily on the rivers. We arrived on the River Avon at Stratford on June 1st and progressed along the whole extent of this beautiful river progressing thru' onto the River Severn at Tewkesbury. After arriving at Gloucester Dock on June 9th we moved onto the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and here we stayed to explore, visiting Sharpness, Saul Junction and Slimbridge, until finally returning to Gloucester Dock. On June 27th we headed out and northward. The weather was exceptional apart from the odd torrential downpour and not too busy until the build up towards the Saul festival this weekend. We now leave these waters for the 2nd year in succession perhaps to return in a future year but for now we say farewell.
Since leaving the dock on Tuesday (a day late due to torrential rain) we progressed out of Gloucester and onto the River Severn mooring for the night at Tewkesbury once again. After leaving Tewkesbury on Wednesday morning we had a brief stop at Upton on Severn Marina to empty our Elsan toilets, (Gloucester was unfortunately broken!) and continued on thru’ Worcester mooring at the extremely attractive Bevere Lock at around 5pm, one of our longest days. This is the 2nd time we’ve passed straight thru’ Worcester! In our opinion Worcester council does nothing to attract the boater. The moorings are poor. You have a choice of mooring right under a busy road bridge or alongside Worcester race course, which at the time of passing had a race meeting in progress. Well maybe some peoples idea of a dream mooring!
We eventually arrived at Stourport on Thursday and moored river side, surprisingly the only boat there overnight. We’d completed the 43 mile Gloucester to Stourport stretch in 2 days as planned.
On Friday morning we locked thru’ Stourport Basin taking on drinking water and thus returning back onto the narrow canals.
Today we’re currently moored at Whittington Lock on the beautiful Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal just short of Kinver. We arrived here yesterday in 30 degrees and managed to achieve a tree sheltered mooring and satellite signal, only to have our hopes dashed by yet another England shootout! Lets not dwell. Here we stay until tomorrow when we move off northward heading up towards the Shropshire Union Canal which we hope to enter later in the week.
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTIE XXX
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Enjoyed your journal for June Rivers Avon & Severn very much We spent 3 years at Tewkesbury and 3 at Upton we have done the avon ring and also the Stourport ring so read with interest your journal. We now have our narrowboat moored at Barton Turns. We have just come back from doing the four counties ring and Llangollen.
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