Set out in sun with a light breeze. Travelled to Pershore with an Alvechurch boat. Just below Jubilee Bridge met the black swan and its white mate but could not get them to pose together! At Wyre Lock, the diamond shaped lock, just before the hire boat moored for lunch, we were firmly caught on the side by the bow flare but this time pushed off before opening stye paddle. At about midday at Nafford Lock a heavy shower was accompanied by a strong wind. This lock has a very sharp right turn when exiting upstream. A hire boat with an inexperienced crew could not turn their bow against the wind ... Helped by getting their centre line onto a bollard.
Arrived here, a 24 hr morning, to find a narrow boat obviously left some days, carefully in the middle of the limited mooring virtually ensuring only yogurt pots could moor either side. We are mored, stern to wharf and bow on the bank
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