Norbury Wharf Limited: 19/06/2011

Sunday, 19 June 2011

19/06/2011

Well here we are again, my last blogging for a while. Simon will be back tomorrow to keep you all entertained whilst I'm on holiday.

John and Di stopped this morning for diesel, on their way to Braunston with Dory. I've got some fond memories of her back in the early 2000's when she was owned by Chris Shenton and she was taken about by John and June Anderson. It's great to be at Norbury listening to the bop, bop, bopperty bop, beat of a bolinder, it sends shivers down my spine... I can so easily imagine heavily laden Clayton's boats meeting a pair of Joshers' in the basin, greeting each other and then bopping off onto Shelmore embankment and Grub Street cutting alike, obviously that was when the trade was still on the canal! Anyway here's a picture of Dory heading south after shoving off from the wharf.

John Cooper picked Falcon up this morning following it's complete repaint - she does look smart and he is very proud of her. If you see John on his travels, give him a wave and give him a wide berth so his boat doesn't get scratched...

Mick and Ralph docked The Shrew this morning. She has now been pressure washed prior to blacking and Graham will be doing some steel work on her tomorrow.

Lee has also been in today, even though it is his birthday (Happy Birthday, Lee!). He's cracking on with Sumo and has been doing some pa

intwork on Cloud Nine.

Sue and Vic; aboard No Problem, are regular customers of ours and they are on the upper reaches of the Thames as I write. Sue's blog is well worth a read, find it here - http://noproblem.org.uk/blog/

Hope to see some of you at Braunston!

Regards,

David

1 comment:

Jim19 June 2011 at 17:37
David,
Claytons and Joshers passing at Norbury - now there's a thought!
Hope to see you at Braunston - Starcross is already there!
Jim
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About us

Founded in 2005 at the already established location of Norbury Junction, Staffordshire, Norbury Wharf Limited has developed a successful marina and boatyard offering hundreds of people a year an experience not to be forgotten on our fantastic canal network.

Located on the beautiful Shropshire Union Canal at the junction of the now disused canal to Newport and Shrewsbury, this is an ideal cruising base for the famous Four Counties Ring, with convenient access to the Black Country ring, Llangollen canal and its famous Pontcysyllte aqueduct as well as the Staffs and Worcs canal with its terminus at Stourport

Norbury Wharf Limited offers full boatyard services seven days a week and is staffed by a team of narrow boat enthusiasts including qualified tradesmen. A fleet of sixteen hire boats, four day boats and a 42-seater passenger trip boat are operated all year round.

As well as this there is a fantastic array of facilities including a covered heated painting dock for professional coach painting, a large covered dry dock for hull blacking and repairs, workshop facilities for all engineering, electrical and carpentry work.