Hello everybody! We hope you had a nice long Easter break and that all is well with you?
All is well aboard Daisy Duke and Paul and I are reunited once again, having gone our separate ways over the Easter holidays. Paul spent his time working on Daisy and although he hasn’t yet gotten around to fixing up her bumps and scrapes, he has tidied up the engine bay and given it a much needed painting. He has also revarnished the bench seating on the stern as this is prone to weather damage. Well done Paul.
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After
As for me, I managed to catch up with 3 out of the 4 kids and also had an amazing couple of days with our Lily. We caught the train into Matlock Bath on the Good Friday and went to Gullivers Kingdom where we had an epic day out!
The trains to and from Derby\Kidderminster were an absolute dream. All were on time and the two changes each way were easy to do. Paul dropped me off and picked me up at Kidderminster station, which was a 20 minute walk from Daisy and he managed to tie in a pint at the King & Castle at the same time!
The Staffs & Worcester canal is another beautiful section of the English canal system and goes down the west of the Country and appears to have been cut into the side of rock which hopefully you can see from the pictures below.
Most excitingly, we have met our first famous canal boat influencers. Wes and Amy from the YouTube channel Boat time! They were a lovely couple who gave us some advice about the river and Zak also got on with their rescue, Rufus, who came from Gran Canaria! This is their channel – you may well recognise them!
https://youtube.com/@boattime?si=ZCOyT48o3F03V71a
We are currently moored up just outside Stourport Junction in readiness for our descent onto the River Severn tomorrow. We have been down to look at the locks on to the river and to check the water conditions which all appear to be good. We also managed to speak with one of the lockies who assured us that conditions are good.
Our anchor has been placed on Daisy’s bow, our life jackets are at the ready, and we have the emergency number for the river programmed into our phones. We are both excited to be back on the river as the last time we did any river work was last August on the River Nene.
Once we are on the river, we have a four hour journey to Droitwich canal where we will have a meander up and down for a day or two.
Wish us well and we will be sure to take lots of river photos!
Lots of love,
Jo, Paul, Zak & Daisy xxxx
16 responses to “Ready for the River Severn”
Lovely pics Mr & Mrs Rob. Good to catch up earlier Jo 📞 xx
Cheers Baz. Speak again soon!
Sounds exciting, enjoy your river cruising x x
Thanks Julie. Enjoy your caravanning!
Well done you two.
Squeaky bum time in the relegation battle. Its in your own hands good luck to the Rams.
Looking forward to the FA Cup semi final with everything crossed & preservation of our champions league spot. Come on You REDS.
Cheers Paul. We seem to be clinging on. Good luck in the semis! As painful as that it to say!
The weather looks to have been kind to you both so let’s hope it stays that way. Enjoy the Severn and I look forwards to the next instalement
Cheers Alan. We look to have another good week coming! Hope all is well with you guys.
Lovely photos Jo glad you are back on board hope you and Paul are ok, enjoy the river, brilliant photo of you and Lily at Gullivers thanks for that Take care. 🤠
You are very welcome Pauline. It’s great to share with you!
Wow Paul, you are a man with many talents. Very impressed with your DIY skills.
You two will be fine on the river, one challenge at a time or should I say ‘adventure’.
Enjoy the good sunny weather you’ve found. See you soon ish x 💋😜
Cheers Liz. Everything is better in the sun!
You have done so well and hope you have got time to admire the beautiful scenery.
Cheers Dot. We certainly do! The river is stunning.
Some big fish in the severn, enjoy
Cheers Steve. We actually saw heron fish one out and fly off with it still flapping.