Stourport Co-op received the thumbs up from Mrs B after its refurbishment. She took the chance to do some shopping for this summers trip on Uncle Mort which started today and will finish tomorrow. Oh how we love these long and gruelling voyages.
By the time we arrived at the boat the bits of blue sky had disappeared. It was raining within 30 minutes. Nevertheless we were determined to get going and set off just after 2pm with the waterproofs donned. Only about 5 boats seen moving during the trip of 10 miles and 9 bridges. Saul moorings were quite busy with the wrinkled and bedraggled desponds left over from the aborted festival. We found Sharpness much less busy than usual at this time of year, especially since the annual Lydney trip is scheduled for this weekend. The advance bookings added up close to 30 but most of them did not make it to the G&S. Uncle Mort is not going this year but its nice to huddle among the intrepid skippers. Todays crossing was cancelled (on grounds of wind) though at least the locks onto and off the estuary are deemed functional. Another trip is scheduled tomorrow with passage into the docks at 10am and high tide around 12:40. Well probably hang around to observe. And another one also planned for Saturday standing by for news from Martin of Boden. The weather outlook is less than encouraging. Beeky PS - is it me or is Mr Holt posting from the future ? ___________________________________ thorNET, http://www.thornet.co.uk
