Wednesday 19 September 2018

Mooring works, feeling hemmed in - not cruising (yet)

Its been a while since I updated the blog. We have been to the boat a couple of times and rather than cruised the boat we did the maintenance work on the mooring that we have to do as we can't trust Fountains to do it safely.  You may recall they broke two windows on Waterlily on separate occasions and damaged the paint on Percy literally 24 hours after we returned to the mooring after being painted. So we do the 'gardening'. 

It can be quite enjoyable but it means we don't cruise when we could I guess and the boat gets less cleaning. It's nice working away watching all the boaters cruise by, not sure if they are envious of us or us of them.... I think on the balance of probability (thinking why we own boats) they are having the better time.

So it was grass cutting and Willow weaving and general tidying up and a walk down the Coventry for food later in the day. 

We also took a walk down to Common lock to see what the marina progress was.... it brought it home to us there would be another 60 boats on our doorstep - amazing when I asked about this land C&RT said it did not meet the mooring reduction policy criteria so it would be unlikely to get permission for one boat.... now there is 60 going in plus no doubt the business on the bank that fits out boats. 

The houses are making their slow and unstoppable march towards the first/last bridge on the Coventry - the pig farm is now derelict, waiting to be consumed  on Daisy lane 

The gravel extraction is imminent, or so I am told. That will totally ruin the ambience of the place.

This is what it all looks like on Staffordshire planning map  


 Out new neighbours have moved in, not seen them yet


A bit of amateur Willow weaving  


It's been as busy as I can remember here over the last few months, usually we get one maybe two boats but I am told we have had up to five moored opposite. Not a problem unless they are noisy !


Here is that housing marching up the Coventry 



Don't think owning a boat is all relaxation, this cupboard needed a good clean as did under the bed. Both dry but dusty. Any work on a boat means major upheaval 



Another mowing session done 



Fradley as I like it, free from all the people who come to see the boats  - we should get an income  !!








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