Droitwich Spa

Here I am  Rune

Distance  4.1 miles 

Total 3353 Locks  184 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4811.7 miles

Well it wasn’t quite 5 miles to the marina, although it did involve 3 locks. Still another hot day but since we travelled here in the morning it wasn’t too bad, the real heat comes in during the afternoon.

The current plan will be to stay here in the marina until the end of next Month, so not much will be going on the blog for a while.

Tibberton

Here I am  Rune

Distance  2.2 miles 

Total 3350 Locks  183 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4807.6 miles

Another hot day on which we again chose not to travel very far, stopping again at lunchtime before the weather got too hot. Tomorrow will probably be the same again as we are in no real rush and only have about 5 miles to go to the marina.

Blackpole

Here I am Rune

Distance  3.2 miles 

Total 3343 Locks  183 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4805.4 miles

Today was hot. We were intending to go further up the Worcester and Birmingham towards Hanbury Junction but after we has stopped for lunch we decided not to get started again since the afternoon was forecast to be even warmer, and it was. As we currently have plenty of time in hand to get to where we are going there is no real rush, and working a series of locks in very hot weather is a bit unnecessary when you can just be sitting in the shade enjoying the weather. We’ll see how much further we get tomorrow (also forecast to be hot).

Worcester

Here I am Rune

Distance  4.9 miles 

Total 3336 Locks  183 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4802.2 miles

What  a splendid day to be out on the River Severn, a statement confirmed by all the others who were out on the river today, the dragon-boats, canoeists,rowers and a couple of other narrow boats. Now moored up in the centre of Worcester where we will probably stay for a couple of days or so.