We have arrived and are now moored at the Water Festival!
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| Passing beneath the M5 |
After a 9am start it was an easy 2.5 hour cruise from Tibberton through 8 locks to Perdiswell Park in Worcester.
There was one minor problem as the stretch of canal above Otterton Bottom Lock was very shallow. A boat had run aground and one of the crew was raising the level by releasing water from the next lock up the flight. There was just enough water for us to get through though we did scrape the bottom.
This is a common early morning occurence on some flights of locks where a lower lock leaks more water than is released by the leaking gates of the lock above.
We arrived at our destination at 11:35. After lunch we walked to the local shoppng aea and were very pleased to find that there was a large M&S Food Hall only 10 minutes walk away with a Lidl across the road. So no problem stocking up for the next phase of our journey.
Unfortunately Denise noticed that there was also a Hobbycraft on the same site so I have lost her for the afternoon.
2 hours 35 minutes, 8 locks, 2.88miles
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