We set off about 0730. Having done the first lock yesterday the first hour is lock free. Joanne made breakfast while I got us underway.Sun out but bitterly cold. Bit closer to the first bridge than I wanted to be. Its just getting used to the "feel" of the baot again after a few months. Hat and a good pair of new gloves are the order of the day. Light covering of ice in canal but no icebergs.
At Wolverley Court Lock 8 wreaths marked the spot where tragically a six year old girl died last week. She didnt drown she died of hypothermia. Its hard to draw any comfort from these incidents other than it may alert others to the dangers of playing unattended next to water.
Lambs spotted amongst the remaining snow near Cookley. Spring must be here!
Had a chat with the couple who have moved into the cottage which had previously been almost derelict adjacent to Whittington Lock. They had had to do extensive work since moving in. Today they were working on the lockside garden.They said they had been working on the inside of the building for the previous two years since buying the propert and had only just got chance to start on the outside. The lady who had previously lived there for 40 years now lived in a flat but still overlooking the canal.
Lost a glove near Cookley tunnel!
Moored up at Kinver at 1345. Going for a meal with friends a little later. Met Sue and Colin at the Constitutional club in Kinver where we had gone for a meal.
Left club and went back to the boat lying below Kinver lock. Very quiet in this part of Kinver at night.
7 Locks 10 miles.
At Wolverley Court Lock 8 wreaths marked the spot where tragically a six year old girl died last week. She didnt drown she died of hypothermia. Its hard to draw any comfort from these incidents other than it may alert others to the dangers of playing unattended next to water.
Lambs spotted amongst the remaining snow near Cookley. Spring must be here!
Had a chat with the couple who have moved into the cottage which had previously been almost derelict adjacent to Whittington Lock. They had had to do extensive work since moving in. Today they were working on the lockside garden.They said they had been working on the inside of the building for the previous two years since buying the propert and had only just got chance to start on the outside. The lady who had previously lived there for 40 years now lived in a flat but still overlooking the canal.
Lost a glove near Cookley tunnel!
Moored up at Kinver at 1345. Going for a meal with friends a little later. Met Sue and Colin at the Constitutional club in Kinver where we had gone for a meal.
Left club and went back to the boat lying below Kinver lock. Very quiet in this part of Kinver at night.
7 Locks 10 miles.
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