Wednesday 15th October
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| Early morning at Upton |
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| Into Upper Lode Lock |
Well we are on the last leg of our journey today, off down the river to
Gloucester, so we set off from Upton Upon Severn. It was a dry morning with sunny spells and
although the river was a bit high and running quite fast, although it had
slowed a bit from yesterday, it was like a mill pond. Down
the river, past the junction with the River Avon and Tewkesbury and into Upper
Lode Lock. This lock is really big, but
it all went smoothly and the lock keeper was really friendly. On down the river, past the Yew Tree pub and
the Coal House, the pontoon for the Coal House was under water, an indication
the river levels were up, but it felt really calm and there wasn't much flow at all. Past Haw Bridge and Ashleworth and onto the
partings which takes us to Gloucester Dock.
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| Approaching Gloucester Lock |
We rang the lock keeper at Gloucester and he said he would have the
lock open for us and sure enough we came around the corner and we had the green
light and the lock was open, so in we went nice and smoothly. Hooked onto the poles and up we went and
before we knew it, we were out into Gloucester docks.
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| Out into Gloucester Docks, our journey's end! |
We moored up on the pontoons in the docks, there were a couple of other
boats there. And so we are back where we
started all those months ago. It seems
funny being back, but it will be good to see everyone and catch up.
Chilled out for a bit, then went out for a walk as the showers had
stopped and it turned out to be a nice afternoon. We are staying here in Gloucester for a
couple of days, then will chug off down the canal on Friday.
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| Moored in Gloucester Docks |
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