Trolling the river

A lazy start today. After a leisurely breakfast we took on water near the mooring spot and set off just before 10.00am  Another bright morning though the showers started early today and it is still chilly.

Three Severn locks passed through efficiently thanks to the good offices of the lock-keepers – we were the only boat in all three, though there were several boats around going downstream.

We had arrived and were moored up on the Stourport river moorings at 1.45pm.

We wandered around Stourport in the afternoon, cream tea at The Blossom Tea Rooms by the lock (seems to change its name every time we come here) and had a nose around the show apartment in Barrett’s new build. 

We came across a community boat in the basin – boat had come from Kings Heath with a group of teenagers and had picked up a load of rubbish around its prop which they had just about managed to clear. They were also having problems with a rather large amount of water in the rear bilge due to a badly leaking stern-tube. Stephen told them how to tighten the stuffing gland nuts which resulted in the bilge pump once more winning the "more water out than in" contest.