Very Short Trip

 Today's Canal - Droitwich Spa Marina

Mike had a dental appointment at 11 and although we had the car mostly packed before then it was still not far short of 1 o'clock before we set off.

The journey is now much shorter than from Cornwall but even so it was 2:45 ish before we arrived at the boat. We had half hoped to set off this afternoon just for a short way but first we needed to fill with water and then diesel. The marina  office closes at 4 so we off loaded the car as quickly as possible whilst filling the water tank and then cruised across the marina to the service pgadoint where we took on fuel, just in time!c

We now had to make the decision we had been putting off: left, right from the marina or stay here for the night on mains hookup. We calculated that, taking shorter route to Stourport (down through Droitwich to Hawford) will give us better options later in the trip but that if we set off now we would not be moored until 6:30 at best, unless we were lucky with the Netherwich moorings. OK, so we had been lucky twice on our shakedown cruises but . . . 

So, back to the mooring it was! This at least meant that Mike could go into town for one or two items including the replacement water hose that we should have bought in this last time at home since one of our two (different lengths) gave up on our last visit. However, with a very short shopping list, how difficult can it be? Well, it was at the fourth attempt that he managed to find the tin of black shoe polish that Christine texted him to add to the list!

After that, on a rather pleasant April evening he went back to Salwarpe churchyard to fill in some gaps from his last visit. (OK, so it is actually mid May but so many people have commented that it still feels like April!)