Karen’s eldest daughter, Catherine,
came to stay on Saturday evening; she is on a bit of a whistle-stop tour saying
farewell to people as she is off to live in Spain for a while on the next
journey of her life. It goes without
saying that we had a lovely time and wish her well on her travels.
We all went for a circular
walk on Sunday including a stop in Wilmcote for yet more ice cream. With almost a week of dry and warm weather
the towpaths and fields have been transformed.
There are now very few muddy spots and walking is so much easier.
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Ice creams finished!
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Catherine was interested
in seeing Edstone aqueduct which is just where we are moored so we had a good
look around. I couldn’t believe that we
hadn’t noticed the drainage tap before; we found it under the northernmost
arch. When the aqueduct is due for a
regular inspection, stanks (dams) are put in at either end and the trough is
drained into the field below by opening the tap at the end of the drainage
pipe.
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Aqueduct drainage pipe
that we hadn’t noticed before
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Before Catherine left we
went through the photographs we took when we visited her whilst she was living
in Ecuador three years ago. We spent a
pleasant hour reminiscing before driving her to Coventry station for her train journey
home.
Our Monday night bridge
classes have now finished – it’s hard to believe we went for two years. We now have to consolidate our learning and
will practice with our friends Jo and Ileen in Stratford whenever possible on Monday
evenings.
Another change is that now
we are nearer Stratford I no longer take Karen to work on bridge days. She will now pick me up on her way her home which
means I no longer have the car on Mondays. This is actually quite handy as I won’t have to worry about the car if I want to move the boat on a Monday. Saying that, we will probably stay here for
the full two weeks apart from a trip to the water point at Wootton Wawen when
we need to top up.
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