We arrived at Stenson to collect Travelling Thru just as they were pulling her out of the shed. Our 11am arrival had been non too soon as Marc and Rob had apparently still been screwing fittings on to her 10 minutes before we turned up. Still she looked great in her new livery, very classy.
It took ages to clean up and unpack everything so by the time we finally set off it was 4pm. Accompanied by a small army of people to help me get her out of Stenson Marina without hitting anything we crawled out of the entrance at snails pace while Stephanie and Steve took photos from a pontoon.
Marc using the pole to swing her round at the front, while Bob is holding the stern line to keep her steady
Maneuvering carefully out of the marina entrance
Stephanie drove the car to Mercia Marina where it was safely parked behind their electric gates. She then walked down and met me on the towpath. I cruised the boat down to meet her. A journey of 5 minutes by car or 25 minutes by narrowboat.
We were determined to get a few miles under our belts on day 1 as we didn’t want to slip further behind schedule. So we we cruised until around 7pm, did our first lock of the holiday and then moored up for the night at Shobnal fields visitor moorings in Burton-on-Trent.
Shobnal Fields Vistor Mooring. Location of our first night afloat this year.
Departure: 4.00pm from Stenson
Arrived at Shobnal Fields Visitor moorings 7.15pm.
Travelling time: 3 1/4 hours
Total for the day: 1 Lock and 7 miles
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