Tuesday 11th June
2019
The news from Gloucester Pilots have put us on hold. We are both
disappointed in a way but this is a lovely canal to be delayed on. The weather overnight
was bad, strong winds and heavy rain with more forecast. Aaron is due to stopover
with us tomorrow and, with there not being a great deal in Purton and the
weather not too bad in the morning, we decided to return to Frampton.
It started to rain almost as soon as we started off although just a
light, persistent drizzle with blustery winds. The bridge keeper at Purton did
not immediately see us approaching and the boat had to be held for quite a
while before the bridge opened. With the wind trying to push us onto moored
boats it was a bit of a stressful time.
Back at Frampton, we moored just above Splatt Bridge. With heavy rain
all afternoon, we spent our time binge watching the last of Games of Thrones
Season 8. What will life be like after Game of Thrones?
Weather: rain all day becoming progressively heavier. Windy.
Day Total: 0 locks; 4 miles; 0 Tunnels; 5 Swing Bridge; 0 Lift
Bridges; 0 Boat Lift; engine running hours 2.0
Overall Total: 539 locks; 983 miles; 46 tunnels; 27 Swing Bridges; 5
Lift Bridges; 2 Boat Lifts; engine running hours 628.3hrs
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