Hitch Hikers

• On our travels

We moored up in Worcester last night. It was a very hot day. One of the problems with being on a river is that there is no towpath, so it can be difficult to find somewhere to moor and as the next possiblity was likely to be full  (Upton upon Severn), we took the opportunity where there was space.

Today was a long cruise down the river to Gloucester. Over 30 miles which is, I believe, a record for us, but it was fairly fast travelling as we can cruise a lot faster on rivers than on canals.

2 racing pigeons joined us

As we passed through Upton, a couple of hitch hikers stowed away onboard. We know they were racing pigeons as their legs were ringed and they were very trim looking compared to feral pigeons.

They were very tame

We must have been going their way as they stayed with us for around 1.5 hours, before flying on when we stopped for the next lock (which was manned). Then they headed off the same direction we were going.  Shouldn’t think their owner will win anything though. We travel a lot more slowly than a pigeon does.

The banana is just for scale

On a separate note, when we moored up, it was to the biggest mooring rings we have ever seen! (This one is for Rob and Susan)..

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