Wednesday 20th June
Pre dinner drinks at Staffy towers last night was followed with curry at a nearby restaurant, which was extremely good. As we were having dinner and enjoying a joke or three, the rain started and was monsoon like for a few minutes then stopped. That's it we thought, but no. As we left the curryhouse, it was raining so hard the droplets were bouncing off the canal and towpath. It's only 200 yards or so from the restaurant to LT and even with a brolly we got soaked. In that short time the canal water had risen and was level with the towpath. The rain continued for some time. At 6.15am I was woken with the sound of a text on the mobile. It was Staffy, reporting from the 17th floor of Staffy towers,where he has a good view of the narrow locks. The red lock light was on and we were going nowhere. At 8am we wandered down to the river and could see how high it had been overnight. The BW office staff confirmed we were here for the long hall, maybe 4 or 5 days. Phone calls followed to rearrange work days off and mooring arrangements. A walk around the town, with a very good mucky breakfast thrown in filled in some time till our son the younger came over for a visit with out granddaughter Holly. Mid afternoon my son ran me back to Evesham to collect my car so I can commute to work each day. The situation is a mess. There will not be much to report for the next few days. Will update when we start to move again. TV picture is passable on some channels. Ho hum. Regards Andrew & Wendy from The Cut - Hacked off
