Here I am Rune
Distance 4 miles
Total 2410 Locks 112
Tunnels
Running total mileage 3404.9 miles
Bumble Hole Country Park doesn’t seem to be the mooring it
once was. Last time we were here we moored for a couple of days in a pleasant
country park but now it seems that the local ‘yoof’ have taken an interest in
the boats. Following the banging on the outside of the boat at about 9.15pm
last night we were woken up this morning by someone re-mooring our boat, having
been cast adrift during the night. Not a great problem just an irritation but a
couple of incidents on just one overnight stay doesn’t encourage longer stays
there. The dog walker who woke us up to tell us we had been cast adrift said
that the local idiots had caused problems for other boaters and she wouldn’t
recommend mooring there, shame really.
Today was a short trip to Merry Hill, another place we had
moored at on a few previous occasions. I did recall last time mooring in the
basin only to be kept awake by music from a bar until about 2am. This time we
went into the basin, turned around, and reversed out onto the embankment that
overlooks the retail park in the hope of a quieter night. Having subsequently
walked back to the basin, the Sports Bar that had kept us awake has now gone
just leaving a Weatherspoons and a Marstons pub there. I don’t know what the
problem is with Merry Hill since it looks as though it has great potential but,
as you walk through, most of the units are empty. Even the retail park didn’t
seem to be exactly thriving, we’ll see how busy it gets tomorrow, on a Saturday.
Not sure how long the plan is to remain here but it will be Monday
at the very least.
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