--- In [email protected], Brian <br...@...> wrote: > > Date - 1 September 10 > Day - Wednesday > Start - 0945 Stourton junction > End - 1800 Wombourne > > Even though the barometer is falling and my weather station has black clouds > we still woke to a bright sunny morning and set off backwards at quarter to > ten,we only backed up to the junction where we turned up the 4 Stourton locks > on the Stourbridge Canal. Just above the bottom lock there is what looks like > an entrance to quite a large basin with boats moored in it. I had not > realised it was there until last night when I was updating the Google map to > show our position ( http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route ) > We followed the canal up to Wordsley Junction on the way we passed a group > of children complete with swimming dog who were having a great time swinging > out across the canal on a rope,I was a bit concerned as I approached them but > they were no problem and stopped swinging before I arrived, all that wanted > me to do was bip the horn and I happily obliged. > where we turned right and carried on to the end of the Town Arm. We had > planned to come here last night to moor but were advised against it. The > basin is surrounded by a fence topped with razor wire that does not give > great confidence in the safety of the area. In side the basin are all long > term moorings and no visitor moorings at all,at the very end of the basin is > the Trusts headquarters and a winding hole where we turned a little after mid > day to retrace our steps to Stourton junction. We later found out from an > acquaintance who had been moored there last night that if you enquire at the > trusts headquarters if there is a space then they are very happy for you to > stay. > We were back at Stourton Junction about twenty past two and again turned > sharp right to carry on up the Staffs and Worcester canal. We met boats at > most of the locks until we reached Greensforge Lock which was not only > against us but had the top gates open, Right in the middle of the lock > landing was an elderly fisherman with two elderly ladies all sitting on their > canvas folding chairs all over the towing path. He didn't look too impressed > when I tied up right in front of him so he couldn't drowned his maggot. Just > as we cleared the lock a hire boat pulled away just ahead of us so the rest > of the afternoon was spent turning locks, to give them their due, they did > empty one lock for us as they left which was very welcome. We followed them > up the Botterham Staircase locks and as it was now 6 pm decided to call it a > day. > > You will find our latest position and all our past travels on our blog at > http://nbharnser.blogspot.com/ > > -- > Brian
Brian If you need more supplies, I understand there is now a new Sainsburys at the first bridge after Botterham (bridge No 43) John http://www.boatmail.co.uk - the boaters mail forwarding company http://canalandriversidepubs.co.uk - all the waterway pubs >
