22nd June
On to Stourport Basin, through more pretty glades. A chilly day though and some rain.
We moored just outside the basin to do a reccy and it was a little confusing as to which were public moorings. This is a complicated set of four basins, with two staircase locks down from one of them into the Severn. A very well kept spot surrounded by old buildings and houses. We checked there were moorings on the river and decided to go through the basin and onto the Severn for the night, filling water and pumping out before that. I felt very proud of myself steering through the staircase locks because we were warned there was an awkward angle coming out of the top double into the lower. A very nice chap said "you've obviously done that before, very professional" whoo hoo, I glowed! Pete deftly jumped back on board as I came through the bottom lock where there is little time before you need to turn downstream. And then I managed to turn around on the river to moor perfectly on the pontoon! My head is now too big to fit in the boat.
Pah to CRT though, £16.75 for a card for a 6 minute pump out, that is not value for money! We saw a £14 charge in the opposite boatyard, so CRT ought to be kinder to us who pay our licence fees. Their washing machine in the sanitation block didn't work either, but that was probably just as well as it would have cost £8 a wash and the same for a dry! We get a little niggled about this as you can see. £5 for wash and dry at the nearby launderette instead - now that's value. Trouble is we can see a time when CRT decide to close all these facilities down because no one is using them, without thinking that perhaps it's the cost that stops us.
Stourport is a lovely town, built around the canal. Shopping for meat and vegetables at nice independent stores whilst waiting for our washing was a pleasant past time. I really felt at home here. A shame we didn't get to meet friend Simon from Bromsgrove, who was going to see us but has just got a new job and was not able to get away early enough to join us.
We were moored beneath the Angel pub and the sun came out to greet us and our pints.
The mighty Severn - Pete did some serious canoe training here way back when.....in readiness for the real mighty river: the Mississippi
Beautiful terrace and a happy Pete
For Sale........hmmmmm
Back to manned locks, that's nice
On to Stourport Basin, through more pretty glades. A chilly day though and some rain.
We moored just outside the basin to do a reccy and it was a little confusing as to which were public moorings. This is a complicated set of four basins, with two staircase locks down from one of them into the Severn. A very well kept spot surrounded by old buildings and houses. We checked there were moorings on the river and decided to go through the basin and onto the Severn for the night, filling water and pumping out before that. I felt very proud of myself steering through the staircase locks because we were warned there was an awkward angle coming out of the top double into the lower. A very nice chap said "you've obviously done that before, very professional" whoo hoo, I glowed! Pete deftly jumped back on board as I came through the bottom lock where there is little time before you need to turn downstream. And then I managed to turn around on the river to moor perfectly on the pontoon! My head is now too big to fit in the boat.
Pah to CRT though, £16.75 for a card for a 6 minute pump out, that is not value for money! We saw a £14 charge in the opposite boatyard, so CRT ought to be kinder to us who pay our licence fees. Their washing machine in the sanitation block didn't work either, but that was probably just as well as it would have cost £8 a wash and the same for a dry! We get a little niggled about this as you can see. £5 for wash and dry at the nearby launderette instead - now that's value. Trouble is we can see a time when CRT decide to close all these facilities down because no one is using them, without thinking that perhaps it's the cost that stops us.
Stourport is a lovely town, built around the canal. Shopping for meat and vegetables at nice independent stores whilst waiting for our washing was a pleasant past time. I really felt at home here. A shame we didn't get to meet friend Simon from Bromsgrove, who was going to see us but has just got a new job and was not able to get away early enough to join us.
We were moored beneath the Angel pub and the sun came out to greet us and our pints.
The mighty Severn - Pete did some serious canoe training here way back when.....in readiness for the real mighty river: the Mississippi
Beautiful terrace and a happy Pete
For Sale........hmmmmm
Back to manned locks, that's nice
I have a lovely friend who lives in Stourport who Sid has never met and I haven't seen for years. We were hoping to catch up with her last September when our plans were turned upside down! Looks a lovely place so fingers crossed for thus coming September. X
ReplyDeleteI have a lovely friend who lives in Stourport who Sid has never met and I haven't seen for years. We were hoping to catch up with her last September when our plans were turned upside down! Looks a lovely place so fingers crossed for thus coming September. X
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