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| Leaving Diglis Lock |
We are off down the River Severn today. We stopped just before Diglis lock to fill up
with water, then signalled to the very friendly lock keeper when we were ready
and he opened the lock for us and in we went.
All the locks on the River Severn are manned so you just go in and put
your rope around the poles. We put our
ropes on the poles and the lock keeper said another boat was coming so we
waited for him to come in the lock and he came alongside us and tied to
us. Then the lock keeper operated the
lock and down we went. It didn’t take
very long and soon the gates were opening and we were on our way.
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| Lovely morning on the River Severn |
It was a lovely sunny morning and the river is very low at
the moment which makes a nice change for this time of year, in fact the lock
keeper said this is the lowest the river has been all Summer which is really
unusual for this time of year, but we aren’t complaining.
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| Bell Tower in Upton |
We chugged on along the river and after a couple of hours we
were approaching Upton Upon Severn where we were hoping to moor. There was only a small cruiser on the pontoon
so plenty of room for us .
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| Upton Church |
We had lunch then went for a walk up into the village. It is a nice small village with quite a few
shops and most of them independent. There is a 13th-C bell tower referred to
as the “Pepperpot”, it is all that remains of the church that was demolished in
1937. The tower is now a Heritage
Centre. Inside they have the history of
Upton which is very interesting. We had
a look around there and then had a wander around the streets and walked down to
the present church and had a look inside there.
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| Main street in Upton |
We wandered back to the boat along the path overlooking the
river. We are staying here tonight then
off down to Gloucester tomorrow.
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| Moored at Upton Upon Severn |
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