August 5th to 12th The Plague Boat
Our plan this year was that my brother and his family would start the holiday on the boat taking Floydtilla from Droitwich Spa Marina to somewhere in Birmingham, this would take them up the Tardebigge Lock flight, a task on its own, especially with two young children.
Unfortunately for them their youngest had picked up a tummy bug (The Plague), which over their week spread around the family, and then to make things worse the water pump decided to fail, they made valiant attempts to get things fixed but, in the end, they moored up at Alvechurch Marina and the survivors of the tummy bug travelled out to Birmingham on the train.
So, a week after they had set off, we arrived at Alvechurch Marina to relieve them, by this time my brother was feeling better so we tock him to Droitwich Spa Marina to collect his car and leave ours at the marina, then back to Alvechurch Marina and we took over the plague boat, which they had cleaned every surface ready for us.
We decided we would head back to Droitwich Spa Marina so it’s back down the Tardebigge Lock flight to our home mooring to make repairs.