Off we set at 7.50a.m. on a misty, moisty morning. Only 3 locks today, all manned by the
friendly Severn lock-keepers. The mist
cleared, but the weather remained moist!
There are several signs of the winter floods on the river – fallen trees
along the bank and exposed soil where the land has slipped.
We arrived at
Worcester at 10.50a.m. and moored up near the railway bridge as we have done
before. You now pay your mooring fee by
buying a ticket at the Pay and Display Car Park across the road. Although still
cloudy, the weather remained dry for the rest of the day.
We wandered up to the
Hive for coffee and cake, checked the whereabouts of the local Wetherspoons and
returned to the car park to meet Jan and Ian James. After a short sit down on the boat, we all
went for lunch at said Wetherspoons – The Crown, and then back to the Hive for
coffee and cake as The Crown had run out of carrot cake!
Ian and Jan left at 3.15p.m. and we returned to
the boat. We skipped supper as we had
consumed rather a lot of cake today and instead walked a little more of the
Severn Way, upstream towards Bevere Lock, though we didn’t get that far. Again, there seem to be only a few boats
around – we are the only ones on the town mooring. The evenings are chilly, so
we lit the fire.
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