Watt Knot Travels
It's Tuesday morning, raining & time to leave the Marina. This is it, no return. My stomach is on "spin cycle". We're cruising the cut. Out of the Marina, turn right. Four locks, one tunnel, three swing bridges, 1.6km travelled. Two hours on a narrowboat. I could've walked it in 20 mins. I need to be reminded it's all about the journey.
Our electric bikes fair a bit better as we cycled along the towpath & out along the country roads to Hanbury Hall. Amazingly good at zipping up hills. Just helps us to travel further in a reasonable time without exhaustion.
We moored up in the countryside prior to entering the River Severn. What a perfect afternoon with the sun shining behind the swaying trees. The birds of prey dancing in the skies as I afforded myself the luxury of making myself cosy with a book. If everyday was like this, I've made it!
Our trip up the Severn to Stourport took 5 hours. The locks on the river were a joy because I sat back & let the lock keeper press a button to let us through. Back on duty though coming into the Stourport Basin. I found an angel there, a fellow boater Tony who must've been thinking I was in need of instruction & help. Tony even hopped on board & navigated us through the basin to the pump out.
Yay, our first pump out for Cookie Monster. I call our toilet such as he makes a growling noise when flushed. Seems like an easy operation as I didn't have to do it. Think we made the right choice in toilets.
It was such a nice day on Saturday that I volunteered us to walk along the Severn to Bewdley. We were unaware that this weekend was the Bewdley Heritage Festival. Had a crash course in bell ringing at St Annes Church. When all the bells were chiming the tower actually shook which is a bit unnerving when you are standing at the top of the tower. Another tick on the bucket list.
To finish off the week we had a delightful evening out with our new besties Rob & Caroline. A real earthy pub with head banging live music. It was a lot of fun & giggles.
Pubs
The Gardners Arms - Droitwich Spa
The Black Star - Stourport-On-Severn
Sights/Activities
Hanbury Hall
Bewdley Heritage Festival
NB Spotting
Adventure Before Dementia
Moor Often Than Knot
Narrow Escape
Total Lock Count
42
Karen Warren
44 chapters
15 Apr 2020
Week 8 - Ready, Set, Go!
September 15, 2018
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Stourport-On-Severn
It's Tuesday morning, raining & time to leave the Marina. This is it, no return. My stomach is on "spin cycle". We're cruising the cut. Out of the Marina, turn right. Four locks, one tunnel, three swing bridges, 1.6km travelled. Two hours on a narrowboat. I could've walked it in 20 mins. I need to be reminded it's all about the journey.
Our electric bikes fair a bit better as we cycled along the towpath & out along the country roads to Hanbury Hall. Amazingly good at zipping up hills. Just helps us to travel further in a reasonable time without exhaustion.
We moored up in the countryside prior to entering the River Severn. What a perfect afternoon with the sun shining behind the swaying trees. The birds of prey dancing in the skies as I afforded myself the luxury of making myself cosy with a book. If everyday was like this, I've made it!
Our trip up the Severn to Stourport took 5 hours. The locks on the river were a joy because I sat back & let the lock keeper press a button to let us through. Back on duty though coming into the Stourport Basin. I found an angel there, a fellow boater Tony who must've been thinking I was in need of instruction & help. Tony even hopped on board & navigated us through the basin to the pump out.
Yay, our first pump out for Cookie Monster. I call our toilet such as he makes a growling noise when flushed. Seems like an easy operation as I didn't have to do it. Think we made the right choice in toilets.
It was such a nice day on Saturday that I volunteered us to walk along the Severn to Bewdley. We were unaware that this weekend was the Bewdley Heritage Festival. Had a crash course in bell ringing at St Annes Church. When all the bells were chiming the tower actually shook which is a bit unnerving when you are standing at the top of the tower. Another tick on the bucket list.
To finish off the week we had a delightful evening out with our new besties Rob & Caroline. A real earthy pub with head banging live music. It was a lot of fun & giggles.
Pubs
The Gardners Arms - Droitwich Spa
The Black Star - Stourport-On-Severn
Sights/Activities
Hanbury Hall
Bewdley Heritage Festival
NB Spotting
Adventure Before Dementia
Moor Often Than Knot
Narrow Escape
Total Lock Count
42
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.
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