Watt Knot Travels
We left Stourport Monday noon after an interview about Watt Knot for the Towpath Talk magazine. Kidderminster would only take us two hours. Three locks - easy. Well, lets rethink that when the anti-vandal key doesn't work in those locks & you are stuck waiting for the next boat to come along & rescue you. The clock struck three as we left the top lock & the bells started chiming the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy, as we were heralded into our mooring spot.
It can be a blessing or a curse being moored next to a shopping centre. If you are in desperate need, its your saviour. If you don't need anything, you'll always end up buying more than you need "just in case", or "that'll come in handy". Now we own a soundbar for the tv.
Kidderminster, known for its carpets & Sir Rowland Hill who came up with the idea of postage stamps.
We moored Wednesday just outside Kinver. Not 5 mins later & the rain came down. It was quite exhilarating watching the darts of rain bouncing off the canal. I am a self confessed pluviophile you see. I may seriously overdose in this country, as it rained mostly the rest of the week & we cruised in it!
We trudged through the village & up a hill to get to Kinver Edge to see the rock houses. These homes were carved out of the sandstone & were inhabited until the 1960's. By the time we left, the rain was falling harder & we decided to take a short-cut. Our gortex raincoats were doing an excellent job at keeping us dry, it was just the rain soaking my pants dripping into my socks & shoes that made an urgent squelch home.
Back on the cut popping inside. My brain is thinking we left the hatch open too long, the mat is drenched. Next thought is......no we are leaking water! There were a few minutes of intense action trying to work out where the water was coming from. In my technical terms, " a bit fell off the calorifier". Once Jon had assured me that we were not sinking & my Titanic performance at the stern was not needed, we sent out an SOS to Ortomarine who came & saved us within 30 mins. We calculated we lost approx 300 ltrs of water as we only filled the tank the previous day. Back to the water point for another refill.
Pubs
Round Oak Inn - Wombourne
Sights/Activities
Kinver Edge & the Rock Houses
NB Spotting
Winedown
Knowurrys
Two Hoots
Summat in the Waerter
Total Lock Count
68
Karen Warren
44 chapters
15 Apr 2020
Week 9 - Thar She Blows!
September 22, 2018
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Wheaton Aston
We left Stourport Monday noon after an interview about Watt Knot for the Towpath Talk magazine. Kidderminster would only take us two hours. Three locks - easy. Well, lets rethink that when the anti-vandal key doesn't work in those locks & you are stuck waiting for the next boat to come along & rescue you. The clock struck three as we left the top lock & the bells started chiming the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy, as we were heralded into our mooring spot.
It can be a blessing or a curse being moored next to a shopping centre. If you are in desperate need, its your saviour. If you don't need anything, you'll always end up buying more than you need "just in case", or "that'll come in handy". Now we own a soundbar for the tv.
Kidderminster, known for its carpets & Sir Rowland Hill who came up with the idea of postage stamps.
We moored Wednesday just outside Kinver. Not 5 mins later & the rain came down. It was quite exhilarating watching the darts of rain bouncing off the canal. I am a self confessed pluviophile you see. I may seriously overdose in this country, as it rained mostly the rest of the week & we cruised in it!
We trudged through the village & up a hill to get to Kinver Edge to see the rock houses. These homes were carved out of the sandstone & were inhabited until the 1960's. By the time we left, the rain was falling harder & we decided to take a short-cut. Our gortex raincoats were doing an excellent job at keeping us dry, it was just the rain soaking my pants dripping into my socks & shoes that made an urgent squelch home.
Back on the cut popping inside. My brain is thinking we left the hatch open too long, the mat is drenched. Next thought is......no we are leaking water! There were a few minutes of intense action trying to work out where the water was coming from. In my technical terms, " a bit fell off the calorifier". Once Jon had assured me that we were not sinking & my Titanic performance at the stern was not needed, we sent out an SOS to Ortomarine who came & saved us within 30 mins. We calculated we lost approx 300 ltrs of water as we only filled the tank the previous day. Back to the water point for another refill.
Pubs
Round Oak Inn - Wombourne
Sights/Activities
Kinver Edge & the Rock Houses
NB Spotting
Winedown
Knowurrys
Two Hoots
Summat in the Waerter
Total Lock Count
68
1.
Week 8 - Ready, Set, Go!
2.
Week 9 - Thar She Blows!
3.
Week 10 - SOS, Stuck in Lock 5
4.
Week 11 - Don't Look Down
5.
Week 12 - Blowin' in the Wind
6.
Week 13 - Abandoned Boat
7.
Week 14 - Dilemna
8.
Week 15 - A Night at the Museum
9.
Week 16 - Cow Whisperer
10.
Week 17 - In Lockdown
11.
Week 18 - Country Life
12.
Week 19 - We Made the News
13.
Week 20 - What a Star!
14.
Week 21 - Uninvited Guest
15.
Week 22 - Christmas Escape
16.
Week 23 - Otter Delight
17.
Week 24 - London Calling
18.
Week 25 - Mission Possible
19.
Week 26 - Cool Birthday
20.
Week 27 - That White Stuff
21.
Week 28 - Frozen
22.
Week 29 - DRS ABCD
23.
Week 30 - How did we get here?
24.
Week 31 - Captains Mate
25.
Week 32- We Have a Secret!
26.
Week 33 - Escape from Stalag 13
27.
Week 34 - Plans Scuttled
28.
Week 35 - About Face
29.
Week 36 - Picking Up Strangers
30.
Week 37 - Peak View
31.
Week 38 - Farewell to the Mac
32.
Week 39 - Pottering Around
33.
Week 40 - Murder on the Cut
34.
Week 41 - Screws Loose
35.
Week 42 - Sent to Coventry
36.
Week 43 - Mammoth Monday
37.
Week 44 - Crick Part 1 My Favourite Numpty
38.
Week 45 - Crick Part 2 Living the Dream with Ortomarine
39.
Week 46 - Stuck on You
40.
Week 47 - Stairway to Heaven
41.
Week 48 - Tudor Times
42.
Week 49 - The Avon Express
43.
Week 50 - I'm a Tradie
44.
Epilogue
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