Went through Gloucester lock without any difficulties but the tide was against us on the way out so we made slow progress. There was lots of debris and at one point Annie had to avoid a tree floating towards us!
We stopped at the Haw Bridge pub to let Maisy off to powder her nose, but felt duty-bound to avail ourselves of the facilities while we were there. Arrived at Upper Lode lock and had to moor, climb the ladder and rouse the lock keeper who was reading his paper! There was a large swirl of water in the lock which might have been 'Keith' a seal who has been spotted in the river here over the last few months.
Arrived at Tewkesbury at 4.30pm and entered the lock. The volunteer lock-keeper took our £50 for a weeks licence on the Avon and showed us to our mooring which involved a tricky reversing manoevre and sideways shimmy to get our 54ft boat into the 54ft 1inch gap between two other boats.
After settling into our temporary abode we walked into town to explore. Very pretty and historic. Did some historical research at the Black Bear, the oldest hostelry in Tewkesbury.
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| The girls, ready to set off again |
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| Annie dodging trees |
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| Haw Bridge Inn and moorings |
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| Approaching Tewkesbury |
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| Narrowboat left hanging precariously by last years floods |
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| View from the top |
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| About to undertake historical research |
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