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Posted on: Wednesday July 21, 2021 at: 5:02 pm
We have finally set off on our trip to Sharpness and then onwards (hopefully) to Bristol. This was the trip we had hoped to make last year, but had to put it off because of the Pandemic.
Having left Droitwich Spa Marina, we are now moored up for tonight at a favourite spot of hours – one of the very few moorings available on the Droitwich Barge Canal.
A lovely spot, on a VERY hot day.
Onwards to Worcester tomorrow and then Gloucester on Friday. Saaturday and Sunday are due to be very wet, which may well result in the River Severn going into flood, so we want to get onto the Gloucester and Sharpness canal before then.
The small, grey discs each about 12.5mm in diameter.
Meanwhile, we have been very puzzled recently by a spate of finding small grey discs around the boat. This has been going on for months and we were begiing to suspect a “grey disc pixie” was winding us up.
The grey disc culprit
This is a picture of a folding footstool that (amongst other things) I use to rest my feet on when at the helm. It turns out several discs are missing from the stool, and in fact you can see one out of place in the photo. Finally, mystery solved and we were not losing our minds – yet.
YOU TWO ARE MADE OF STERN STUFF TO CARRY ON WITH THESE TEMPERATURES…I HAVE KNOWN SOME PEOPLE TO WILT….BUT THERE MAY BE COOLER DAYS AHEAD…HOPE THE WEATHER WILL SUIT YOUR TIMETABLE…XXXXXXX