Upton on Severn

Here I am  Rune

Distance  10.1 miles 

Total 3373 Locks  185 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4831.3 miles

So after getting in the weekend shopping, completing all of the domestic chores and had lunch, we eventually set off down the river towards Gloucester. I was hoping to get onto the river moorings at Worcester for the night and set off in the morning but it was pretty well full so we had to press on to Upton on Severn, the next town of any real size (with moorings) on the river. Having said that it was a very pleasant day on the river, fine but not too hot and virtually no wind. The depth is good so the speed was generally around 4.4mph, a lot quicker than we ever travel on the canal. At that speed it took us about 3 hours in total from leaving the mooring in Diglis basin, going through the two locks out onto the river and then about 10 miles downstream, all in all a reasonable day’s work (for us).

In the absence of any wind I quite enjoyed the river although it is a bit ‘samey’ in that I took some photos (below) btu can’t say for sure where it is since it all looks much the same.

Tomorrow we’ll press on down, probably to Gloucester docks since there isn’t much alternative mooring on the river itself.

On the River Severn (could be anywhere!)