On Wednesday 26th May 2021 we set off at 09:15 through Wolverley Lock by the Lock Inn and after Wolverley Court Lock we were into the outskirts of Kidderminster. We were leaving behind the prettiest stretch of canal in the country according to Pearson’s Guide, which we had been cruising on for the last two days.
We moored up in the town centre next to a large Sainsbury’s and did some shopping and posted some birthday cards. Hilary has discovered that she can use her phone to find the nearest post box.
Kidderminster lock is in the shadow of the impressive St Mary’s Church. St. Mary and All Saints has been a centre of Christian Worship since the 15th and 16th centuries.The name Kidderminster tells us that there was an Anglo-Saxon minster here but the exact site is uncertain, however, the names of the leading clergy are known from the 12th century onwards and are listed at the west end of the church. The present dark sandstone building dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, but significant restoration was carried out during the 19th century.
We used the Canal & River Trust Services in the centre of Kidderminster and went out of the other side of town and through the Falling Sands Lock and moored up at the first point where the unkempt bank was accessible, just after a water pipe bridge. Pearson’s Guide tells us that we on the other side of the canal to a huge sewage works but we have not been aware of it.
On Wednesday afternoon we walked to the outskirts of Stourport-on-Severn and met Peter in the Bird in Hand public house for a drink. The pub bulldog, George came to say hello to Vera. We walked back to the boat and watched more “Rake“ on Netflix.
We had ordered a new television from Amazon and had it delivered to Helen’s house. Steve had installed it yesterday morning at Wolverley. It is a 12V Ferguson Smart TV with a 24” screen (2” inches bigger than the 240V telly on the boat, which was bubble wrapped and put into storage). It has on-demand television built in, but we can also use the Roku and our DVD player with it. We can now watch television without putting on the power-draining inverter.
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