We had visitors coming on
Sunday so we moved the boat all of 30 feet to the other side of the cut. To get to our current mooring means walking
through Sarah’s garden and past some of her windows so we didn’t think it
right for visitors to be traipsing across her property.
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Our mooring for Sunday
below Cropredy lock
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As my back was a lot
better, Karen and I took Buddy for a longer walk than of late and also had a
look round the festival fields.
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It's hard to believe that a week ago this field was
crowded out with festival goers and the other fields full of tents, motorhomes
and caravans
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At one of the entrances to
the site stands the Jonah oak which has plaques to various Fairport crew
members who have died over the years. It’s
called the Jonah oak after John Jonah Jones who was their tour manager for many
years and died in 2003.
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The Jonah oak and some of
the plaques
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The plaque for their
soundman, Rob Braviner who died at a rather young age
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Soon after lunch, Steve
popped in on his way home from the family camping trip in the Yorkshire
Dales. They had all had a great time
even though we hadn’t made it!
A couple of hundred yards
down from where we camp is Janet’s Foss, a waterfall where the local farmers
used to dip and wash their sheep. There
is a small cave to one side and history has it that Jennet, the local fairy
queen, used to live here and hence the name of the waterfall.
We have never seen fairies
there but we did put our last dog’s (Diesel) ashes in the top of the waterfall
and all the family have a few moments there on each visit.
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Janet’s Foss where we
scattered Diesel’s ashes five years ago
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Later on in the afternoon,
Trevor and Brigitte called in on their way home from visiting their son Benoit in
Manchester. They also had their other
sons, Edouard and Dominic with them and Lola, Edouard’s girlfriend, so it was
rather a full boat. Unfortunately, it had started raining so we had to stay
indoors. As Brigitte and Lola are French
they were all very interested in hearing our plans for moving the boat to
France in about 18 months.
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| With Trevor and Brigitte |
I shall move back across the water on Monday and start getting ready to visit my eldest daughter, Sophie, in Hamburg during the week.
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