Month: May 2019

Gloucester lock has been closed for repair for some time. Here are some shots of it…..We counted 13 workman and a couple of divers

Even BBC local radio became interested…The cost has escalated of course….

Moored next to Towpath Tipples narrowboat selling fruit wines and ciders

Viking river cruises????? First spotted this cruise ship at Sharpness

National Waterways Museum more of this later

Sketch from the museum

Signpost points to the Panama Canal to the left and the Falkirk Wheel to the right. Haven’t seen the Panama Canal yet but heard a lot about it from fellow towpath volunteer Joe

Trying for more artistic shots!

Had to leave this mooring as our 48 hours were up and we are law abiding boaters so off to next to Sula

A seven/Severn bedroom home available at £395,000 Not bad!

A bright and sunny morning we left Saul Junction at 9.40. Here are a few photos. An abandoned barge sporting an excellent crop of reeds

Another lovely lock cottage

Always something amusing!

Still a lot of timber yards along the canal bank

A smart Sainsburys with four hour mooring and coffee shop on first floor overlooking the canal

Approching the dock area you pass Llanthony Secunda priory, the Sula and Glos college. Then on to the Llanthony swing bridge

Moored in Gloucester Dock at quarter to twelve. Clouds gathering and showers forecast…….

And a happy first birthday to Harry Ashton

Left Patch Bridge and arrived at Saul Junction just an hour later following a large dredger. There was only one other boat moored on the Visitor Mooring which surprised us as this semed a popular place on our road recce

Flour mill

Had a good chat with Richard and Polly the excellent volunteers at the Visitor Centre over a complimentary coffee

Very disappointed to find such a dirty laundry room. It is supposed to be cleaned daily. CRt need to sort this out with the cleaning firm they employ

Cruise ship about to go through the lock

Felt rather smug when reading these notices. Just done our 10,000 steps for the day and were carrying shopping!

Frampton on Severn boasts the longest village green in Britain. It has a cricket pitch and pond

Some lovely houses too

Carol read this notice carefully!

Notice it was the birthplace of Rosamund Clifford who was mistress of Henry II (1154-1189) son of Matilda!

Had a great chat with the bricklayer who was repairing the wall

Always take you tray indoors when you have finished eating or this happens! Have you ever tried this?

Trying to capture the sunset

Walked down to Slimbridge and arrived just before 10.30. It has changed since my last visit in about 1994! Much more greenery more ponds and lakes and considerably more building. Also more “family” atractions that I am not keen on & more at home in a theme park but then they need to raise money……

A selection of what we saw follows

Lots of goslings

Mandarin ducks are so pretty

Peter Scott

Tony managed to capture this mouse in his feeding bowl

Interesting way to capture birds

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And thinking of theme parks there were a series of ducks……

If you are fan of Countryfile you will recognise the person in the photograph!

At closing time we had not seen everything…… Pity they don’t give a ticket that permits another visit as happens at Windsor Castle and Eden Project as we would have returned the following day to finish off and probably spent more money!! And note we always Gift Aid our tickets!