The grain barge CHACELEY moves slowly off her berth in Gloucester Docks. Fully laden with 250 tonnes of wheat destined for Healings Flour Mill at Tewkesbury, this barge, one of the two last remaining cargo carrying vessels on the River Severn, prepares for the final leg of the voyage.
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The TIRLEY loading grain at Sharpness
CHACELEY in drydock at Gloucester
CHACELEY berthed at Monk Meadow, Gloucester