Andrew Turning left onto the Staffs and Worcs, past Oxley boatyard. Lots of boats moored, including Sarni, but no sign of Orf or Jan. At Compton we hit locks again.
How did you get to Compton of you turned LEFT off the Shroppie? What price was Dave Elwell at Limekiln Narrowboats in Compton selling diesel at? He usually is very close in price to Wheaton Aston in my experience. Clive [NB Nanshe built by Dave Elwell Limekiln Narrowboats1992 - Fuel tank capacity 1,000 litres so Id need a bank loan to fill her up if I ever ran her down to empty!] 204lts to be precise. Only down side, it's 50ppl. Still full tank now. There must be a moral here. Trying to save money, I let the tank run low. Ended up paying out more. Planning ahead, that's the answer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Dyke Sent: 17 June 2007 19:08 To: Canals-List; Cutweb Subject: [canals-list] LT on Holiday (XP) Sunday 17th June - Fathers Day We left our overnight mooring at 2 minutes to the Archers and travelled down to Countrywide Cruisers, hoping to get diesel. It's funny how priorities change. Having been unable to buy diesel yesterday at Wheaton Aston, it's now the most important thing in the world. No luck here, closed. A chap informs us that we will be able to get some at the junction. I feel better now. Brewood is a nice place, not that we stop today but I remember from last time.We wend our way through the pretty glades and under interesting bridges. 2 Boats follow us but there is not much other boat traffic about. It's dry that's the main thing, apart from getting diesel of course. Under the M54 and I sort of get my bearings again. The canal does that to me, half the time I have not got a clue, actually where we are. At the Napton Narrowboats base at the junction, we can get diesel. Hoorah. 204lts to be precise. Only down side, it's 50ppl. Still full tank now. There must be a moral here. Trying to save money, I let the tank run low. Ended up paying out more. Planning ahead, that's the answer. Wendy gets chatting to a chap at the stop lock, as you do. Turns out to be Beekies or is that Staffies, next door neighbour in Stourport. They think he is quite a nice chap. Funny old world, init :-). Turning left onto the Staffs and Worcs, past Oxley boatyard. Lots of boats moored, including Sarni, but no sign of Orf or Jan. At Compton we hit locks again. They are too spaced out for the bike and anyway boats are coming up, so most of them are with us. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
