We only have about a week with all the family on the boat and we have decided to do a quick trip to Birmingham. Sonia, Mary, Obi (The Dog) and I arrived at the Droitwich Spa Marina on Sunday about 8pm we left home after Mary had finished her Sunday job working in the café of a local garden centre, Antony and Ellie arrived form Reading at around 10:30pm.
With the team assembled the plan was to get the boats waste tank pumped out at about 10am on Monday when the marina office opened, before heading off up the Birmingham and Worcester Canal.
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Monday morning arrived and we started late, lazily then decided to send Sonia and Mary off to McD for our breakfast, then we needed to head to Waitrose for supplies, and when we finally got to the pump out we had to wait for another boat. In the end somehow it was noon before we set off, we then had a little fun against the wind in the marina trying the back out away from the pump out dock and then turn around to exit onto the canal.
Nearing the end of our first day we passed our boats original home at Black Prince (Stole Prior) where we could see their new look Classic and Signature colour schemes
After a quite and uneventful trip and 4 ½ hours of chugging we had traveled just over 4 miles and completed 15 locks, our team had got the lock procedure well sorted.
But after the later than planned start we decided to get to started on the Tardebigge in the morning and so stopped for Pizza at The Queens Head, this seems to be becoming a tradition (They have a 2 for 1 deal on Pizza’s between 5 and 6.30pm Monday to Thursday).
So we set the alarm for 7am so we could get an early start up the Tardebigge.
August 2023 – Part 1 – A little adventure, Droitwich to Birmingham
August 2023 – Part 2 – A really Tardebigge adventure
August 2023 – Part 3 – Birmingham Engine Lows and Highs
August 2023 – Part 4 – Lost dog and diner out at Ju Ju’s Cafe
August 2023 – Part 5 – Screwfix almost saves the day
