Todays Video Here: https://youtu.be/F5MSg8n8mVs What a difference a day makes! After a rather wet day yesterday, it's a gorgeous sunny start to moving be moving on up the country. My day started with a smile as I kept seeing faces in things. I met some boaters coming down, they were on a hire boat and … Continue reading Wightwick to Wheaton Aston
Todays video here: https://youtu.be/RdcFeaW4cHE Today started with the brilliantly named Bumblehole lock. Straight after we were in the Bratch staircase. Yesterday's staircase, earlier this week this unfortunate hire boat got the order of gate and paddles so wrong and ended up like this: Luckily our journey through Botterham and Bratch went very smoothly and here … Continue reading Womborne to Wightwick
Video Here: https://youtu.be/NQklwhUEkUE After a wet but lovely day off in this wildlife filled area we headed out for Womborne. The journey began with more winding canals and red rock face. A modified gate to allow for the road bridge Such a beautiful tunnel The fun and games started a few locks in when i'd … Continue reading Caunsell to Wombourne
Here's a link to yesterday that I forgot to add: https://youtu.be/PhhiStW6GAA And here is today's: https://youtu.be/jlZ-djAnaXg A much calmer start to the day today as we leave this pretty mooring by The Bird in Hand pub, shame it wasn't open but it's running reduced hours given the current virus filled time. There's not actually that … Continue reading Stourport to Caunsall
Day 1Business as normal as we filled up with diesel, pumped out the loo and headed off for Gloucester docks. With winds gusting at 40mph (Richard lied to me and said they'd be less so I wouldn't worry, the cheeky git!). We got caught in a few full on downpours but made it ok to … Continue reading So here we go – The Nomad is off again.
After a lovely month exploring in June & July i've decided to make the best out of a bad situation and head out again. Both Richard & I have had all work cancelled until 2021 at the earliest so after working out that it costs the same to explore as it does to sit in … Continue reading The waterways are calling
The next two days were always going to feel a bit weird, I was just getting in the swing on boating and exploring! A couple of weeks at home mooring and I reckon i'll be out again 🙂 The river is not like a canal and the Severn can be a challenge when in flood … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 24 + 25
Well it's nearly the home straight and the end of this little adventure. I know the last couple of posts have turned into photo galleries rather than blog but quite frankly the river is mostly uneventful. That being said, I did wake up to a couple in their pants next to the boat this morning … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 23
Well it happened again, we liked a mooring so much that we stayed and did nothing for a day. Nevermind, boating is never a thing that should be restricted by timings anyway! We had left with all intentions of heading to Pershore to the moorings at the recreation ground but after going through just Evesham … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 20/21/22
On the homebound stretch now, days so far on the river appear to be fairly lazy, easy going and short. Today was a planned 4 locks and 9 miles between Barton Lock and Evesham Lock, wanting to stop just short of Evesham central moorings to keep the peace & quiet. Just as we were thinking … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 19
That Niggling Thought 