Wednesday 15 April 09. Staying put.

Awoke this morning to the sound of thunder in the distance and then followed by rain lashing against the roof.

If you go and make the coffee, Ill keep the bed warm says I.

Can't print what D said.

There are some more pictures from yesterday below.This lock had one of those split bridges to allow the towing ropes from the horses to drop through. There is a modern concrete "Plank" in front of it now.

This is another first for us as these few locks through here are fitted with anti vandal locks and you need a special key to open them. You can just see them fitted near where you use the windlass.


You can tell you are approaching a large mooring area by the colour of the water.

Kidderminster and a renovated warehouse, they have bricked up every window and put huge glass structures at each end. Not too sure I like the look of that.
This building is being altered as well with massive amounts of glass,

but it is still hanging on to its old world dignity from this side (apart from the Franky & Bennies Pizza house in front of it).

A hire boat has moored up in front of us this afternoon and they are all sitting in the cratch and drinking wine at the moment.

We are sitting in the boat with the fire on.

It is cold and damp out there but they ARE on holiday and they WILL enjoy themselves.

Well the weather seems to be getting a bit better now so we should be on the move again tomorrow......................