hello and welcome to another wet and windy narrow boat cruise along the
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal with the narrow experience
I'm Kath, I'm anna-marie and today we are travelling from
Penkridge to Gailey it's not very far it's how many locks? Seven?
five five locks
I have counted them several times because I'm pretty sure I'm the one
that's gonna be doing them all no I've got my windlass holder, I'm ready
I'm ready for sharing the locks today. Ok well we'll see because I don't enjoy doing the locks in the wind.
it'll be a new experience for me
fingers crossed the rain holds out until we more up
we get lots of to share with you guys today
we're taking it nice and slow today I'm just traveling at tickover because as we
were just about to leave two boats were passed so we are in as far as we know at
least a convoy of three and I don't want to travel on the back of the other boat
so we're just taking it nice and easy and keeping an eye out behind to make
sure no one catches me that's the thing when you're moored up you
hear boats going past all the time especially in summer and when you're
cruising you often don't because you're in a convoy and sometimes you don't even
realize you're in a convoy we realize that today we realize we're going to be
the third boat through the locks but we genuinely don't care do it one of the
reasons that we are leaving Penkridge in a hurry is because we have been
hounded for the last two days (we've been chased out)It has pecked the
boat almost continually for the whole time we've been water yeah so whilst we
would have liked to have stayed because there is a market apparently quite a
well-known market at Penkridge that's been running for many many years and
runs on a Wednesday and Saturday in the mornings apparently is worth checking
out because of the swan we're missing out
today right and it only loved our boat because we moved the boat through the
bridge to the other side and it found us and it literally only pecked our boat
I did feed it and it's family when we first arrived because I always feed
swans and I think that may have sent him slightly insane
the weird thing was he wasn't pecking the
weed off the boat like normal like what normally happens when birds Peck
you he was just knocking against the shiny bit just above the rubbing streak
five o'clock alarm is a swan. I don't think we can complain too much
some people's five o'clock alarm is radio
so this must be Overton Marina or Otherton I'm not hundred percent sure how it's
pronounced
That looks quite big hey
you know there are some viewers that likes to play count the bumps how many
times did you bump then?
Just two. Just two! It's windy.
it is windy and this lock has a like a sluice kind of arrangement
Look how windy it is today
hold on longtime viewers of the show will know we don't like to move the boat when
it's windy however today we have an appointment with
Gailey marina because we are mooring the cut for a little while (we learned
that from another channel comment below if you know which one)
we are going to put the boat into a marina for a few days and we have to we
don't have to but we are going to go to see family spent a bit of family time
together
right now and make the most of this glorious summer weather
so these last three or two locks I can walk up to because there's really no
point with Kath stopping and starting to pick me up and I get some sneaky extra
steps however it is quite cold today and so I'm staying really warm walking along
the towpath and Kath's had to resort to dressing up as a smurf
just before I let the water in you have to see this
Hi honey
Hi
What's with your hat?
It's cold
And raining.
Yes, but why is it so big and 'boofy'?
so I changed with Kath so that she could have a little bit of exercise we're at
brick kiln lock which means the next luck is gailey lock which is right near
the marina and she might have a little walk down to Gailey lock even
I don't enjoy driving in the wind but I honestly think it's probably a little bit
selfish not to share that exercise
on a cold day
So all right to walk to the next one
I'm just gonna pootle along to the lock because we are still following two boats
because of the wind and I want to see what direction the wind is going
when I get to the lock
Let's not lose you!
it is all ago here at Gailey look there are visitor moorings and private
moorings and there's a boat yard and a water point and a bins and a little shop
selling canal related memorabilia and trinkets including things like this map
that I bought for my mum now the kettles just boiled so I better get on and make
that cup of tea because you have to keep the artist going yes cause look empty
and it's stone cold and it's over an hour's worth of empty cup of tea, but to be
fair I didn't make the first one anyway so and if you are interested in art I'm
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continue our journey thanks for watching bye
Oh no two