When we woke up this morning, it was raining and very
overcast, but when we were ready to leave just before 9am it had stopped and
didn’t rain again and in fact got brighter the further down the river we went.
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| Passing under Mythe Bridge |
We are off back to Gloucester today, we have about 19 miles
to do and 2 locks. The river was very
calm like a mill pond and really low as well.
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| Inside Upper Lode Lock |
We chugged along the river and didn’t see any other
boats. After a while we went under Mythe
Bridge and past the turning to the River Avon and then we were approaching
Upper Lode Lock. We had rung ahead to
the lock keeper to let him know we were coming and when we got there the lock
was ready and in we went. This lock is
very big but they do it slowly so there is no problem.
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| Passing the Boat Inn |
Safely through there, we chugged on down the river past a
couple of pubs and a caravan site and before we knew it we were passing The
Boat Inn pub at Ashleworth and we were glad to see all of the pontoon this time
as when we have been past there other times the river has been high and the
pontoon underwater.
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| Approaching Gloucester Lock |
A short distance from there we entered the partings which
take you down to Gloucester lock. The
water was really low here and very calm.
We don’t think we have ever seen it this low and in fact the lock keeper
said that the levels are even below the usual summer levels!
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| Gloucester Lock |
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| Coming out into Gloucester Docks |
We chugged on along the partings and soon we were coming
around the corner, the light was on green and the lock gates were opening and
in we went. The lock was filled very
slowly but soon we were up in Gloucester docks and back to where we started out
all those months ago.
We went through Lanthony Bridge and moored just past Sula
(the lightship) safe and sound after all our travelling.
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| Moored in Gloucester |
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