We awoke to clear blue skies and warm sunshine, I was keen to get going, Toby however, just wanted to doze! We ended up leaving at the same time as Casual Water, they’re a bit faster than us so we let them go in front at the first lock.

We continued on our way through the various locks as the canal passed alongside various rock formations including one with a little cave entrance.  We went right through Kidderminster, it was quite a shock to see all of those people, cars and big out of town shopping warehouses after the calm of the countryside.

We arrived at Stourport just after 1pm and moored after one of the bridges, we walked down to the basins, the staircase locks and the River Severn entrance just so we knew what we were in for in the morning.  There were some better moorings lower down so we went down the next lock, did a DIY pump out (never again, it’s no cheaper and it honks!!) and moored in the basin.  A quick walk in to town for an icecream and then a BBQ on the marina with Richard and Jane.

Stourport eight…eight locks down today (it’s doing wonders for my bingo wings!!)