We travelled the Stourport ring on our latest trip. Ungi, Fred and Jimmy had actually done this trip before, but it was 11 years ago, and our blog is not that old, nor indeed am I, Boating Bear, Eddie, as I'm only 7. I'd heard how good it was so volunteered to arrange it and, as usual there were plenty of takers.
One of the attractions of a holiday on a narrow boat is that there is plenty of space aboard. A length of 55+ feet, with all facilities, including a well-equipped kitchen and 2 bathrooms, means that our minders don't mind sharing with quite few bears and size is no object, which pleases Ungi no end, as it means he can come along too. As I'm Chief boating bear I need to go as Skipper, (and I wouldn't have it otherwise) and this year, my apprentice, Able Seabear Louis, naturally had to come too. As it was his first time on a canal boat, he spent a lot of time under instruction. Could you have a better classroom than this ...?
One of the attractions of the Stourport ring was that we could travel along the newly restored Droitwich Canal. This was very exciting for us all, and I've got lots to tell you about it. We joined this new canal little more than an hour after casting off on our voyage. There was no mistaking that we were going the right way ...
... and this is what a lock gate looks like by the way.
I'm still very excited about this marvellous trip and hope you'll find it interesting reading.
Lots of love Eddie and the crew of Maria xxx
1 comment:
Happy memories say Suffolk Branch - shame the sun didn't last for longer though!
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