Tuesday 26th July 2016

Didn't travel very far today - just 1mile to Pershore. We had moored for the night above this diamond shaped lock. We have encountered them before on the Oxford Canal and, if my memory serves me right, they were just as awkward then. The lock instructions say that both bow and stern ropes should be used but with one person on the boat and one on land it is impossible to hold a rope and work a lock.

Still we survived and cruised down to Pershore. We looked around the town and the Abbey. There was a good explanation of how workmen built the magnificent curved roofs. Basically they built a wooden arch and then the shaped stones were put on top - not cemented together. The wooden arch was then removed and, fingers crossed, the stone arch remained.

The whole town looked very attractive with hanging baskets and this is just a small example.