Thursday 9th September 2021
We knew we needed water, but didn’t expect rain first thing. We untied from Oozels Street loop and reversed to the junction, then down through Gas street basin hoping to stop for water around the corner at Holiday wharf, however another boats just beat us there and the mess they were making pulling into the side led us to believe they would be some time. We decided to head to the next water point which was near bridge 5 on the North Stratford.
Brenda spotted this monkey up a pole in someone’s garden just past the university.
As we approached Bourneville, a boat pulled out in front of us and then pulled into the other bank of the canal. The steerer explained that she had been moored on the two day moorings opposite for two days so was moving across onto the 24 hour moorings opposite. In the spirit of the rules but hardly the letter just going bank to bank.
We passed Vulcan going the other way after we had filled with water, and then stopped for lunch before Shirley lift bridge as it had started raining hard.
The new CaRT sign at the Shirley drawbridge had Brenda confused. “Moor ahead” – well the only mooring is the other side of the bridge. Better to wait in the narrows, no mooring needed. “Don’t use your boat to push the bridge open” - pushing isn’t going to help opening a lift bridge, so who’s going to do that. We hope that sign isn’t a reflection of what boaters have done.
On our way towards Hockley heath we met several hire boats, usually in awkward bridge holes or on tight bends, with no dramas ensuing. We moored up just before the road bridge with the intention of eating out tonight.
G&B
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