Another sunny day but not as hot as yesterday, a little rain overnight but all gone before we were about.
It was quarter to eleven before we set off on our journey towards Gloucester.Just beyond Purton Upper Swing bridge stands an interesting church, but coming through the bridge you are past it almost before you see it.
There is a major water abstraction and treatment works by the canal, water is pumped from the Severn into the canal at Gloucester and then extracted up here. In the past the water at this end has always been crystal clear when we have visited as the silt is all deposited in the canal as the water moves up here, but this time its quite murky.
At one time there was a navigable canal from here to Cambridge, not the one in East Anglia I might add. This end still looks quite clear but the house owner has a bridge across the end.
This end of the canal was quite busy with boats so the bridge keepers didn’t have time to get bored. we stopped for water just through Splat Swing Bridge.
Yesterday I said the canal was 20 miles long, it was pointed out to me that its actually about 16 miles and of course that is correct. just I added the miles up wrong on one of the mile posts, not this one.
At Saul Junction we passed this galleon, I think it was built to be moored in Gloucester but failed to get the necessary planning approval. It would probably make a good live aboard vessel.
We wanted to be a bit closer Gloucester tonight so carried on under Sellars Swing Bridge, it high enough not to swing for us and dropped into the first vacant slot we came to.
Today’s Journey
10¾ miles, no locks in 3½ hours
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