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
Thursday was a chill in Stratford-Upon-Avon day to recover, a quick walk around town and generally relax before hitting the river Friday. Some interesting buildings and a lot of Shakespeare history along i'll be the fist to admit that's not really my thing but I like the buildings. Built in 1485, now a doggy day … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 17 & 18
So, the plan for the day was, 2 miles to the start of Wilmcote lock flight, poodle through there and either stop just short of the basin in Stratford or in the basin itself. The Canal planner website had this journey listed as a 4hr 20 mins journey.........mmmm about that! Try 9 hours later. The … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 16
Today was definitely a game of two halves! The first half saw us leaving a lovely spot by Lock 25 and thoroughly enjoying a meandering route through lovely countryside and forest. I have now nearly perfected getting into these tiny locks and was enjoying the sunshine, the tunes on my minirig and the birdsong coming … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 15
We really liked the mooring in Hockley so stayed another day. After a lazy morning we logged into OS Maps to plot a nice circular walk. We've been loving this app during lockdown to find nice quiet across-fields walks to explore my moorings surroundings. Found a nice little 4.5mile circular so popped on the boots … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 13
With a projected 24 hours of rain, we decided to stay put for the day and take it easy on ourselves. I couldn't help but smile when this friendly doggo poked his face up against the windows, desperately wanting us to play fetch with his stick, dropping it into the front deck for us. Yes.......i … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 11
After a much needed day of simply nothing we decided to hit the water again. The rain that was planned looked like it had backed off so we cast off and headed the last bit north for the plan of this trip (little did we know it had not). Etiquette on the water is much … Continue reading Māhina Avon Ring – Day 9
That Niggling Thought 