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August 2023 – A little adventure, Droitwich to Birmingham

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

Black Prince at Stoke Prior

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.

Antony, Ellie, Mary and Sonia (I am behind the camera and Obi is on the boat)

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.

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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

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The Summer Adventure 2022 Part 2 – Regroup and Repair

12th to 19th August Back in Droitwich Spa Marina

On the way back we had to make the obligatory stop at The Queen’s Head for Pizza, we where lucky to get a table, it is very popular in the summer.

Pizza at The Queen’s Head

While I have all the tools for fixing such eventualities, my hands have suffered over the years and my thumbs are not working very well, so luckily, we had made the acquaintance of Steve Cowham, of STC Marine Engineering, who was happy to do the repairs, and worked very efficiently getting us ready to head out again.

Steve Cowham repairing Floydtilla

A new Jabsco Par-Max HD4 water pump was ordered from Midland Chandlers, that was a quick couple of hundred pounds, but it arrived the next day as promised.

We even fixed an annoying leak on the top seal of our Calorifier/hot water tank with parts from Screwfix and also replaced a faulty bilge pump.

Leaking Calorifier/Hot Water Tank – Needed new seal from Screwfix

During this time while Steve and I played with the boat, Sonia and Mary went to Birmingham on the train, and looked around Droitwich.

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