Stourport Ring

[Gary Bills]

<P dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px&quot;>What is the best direction to travel the Stourport Ring? Should it be Clockwise or Anticlockwise and for what reason. Im starting from Worcester at the beginning of August.

[vehelpfulguy]

Maybe ask the people who hired you the boat?

This page seems to indicate it is a very energetic week, 55 hours cruising and 118 locks.

The Tardebigge flight alone is 36 locks.

I guess it depends if you want to go up the 36 locks or down them.

http://www.holidayuk.co.uk/canals/routes/stourport/index.htm

see also

http://www.waterscape2.com/stourport/index_content.html

[Gef]

If you post your question on this website you sohuld get lots of helpful information.

http://pub2.bravenet.com/forum/153944258/

[spudqueen]

Hi, I've never actually done the Stourport Ring (I've done the Avon ring twice, Four Counties Ring, Leeds Liverpool Canal etc etc) but I would suggest that you do it anti-clockwise so that whilst you are on the River Severn you are going with the flow of the river. The River Severn is a large river (I've done part of it on the Avon Ring, from Tewkesbury to Worcester) and it will be much easier (and quicker) going downstream than upstream.