We’ve not done a lot for
the last couple of days, just a bit of walking and a few odd jobs. On Monday, we walked back down towards
Droitwich and it was nice to see a Shelduck and her family at the spot we had
been moored in when Judith and Nigel came.
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| Shelduck and her black and white young - a bit fuzzy as she wouldn't et me get clsoe |
We don’t often see
Shelduck on the canal so it was a pleasant to sit and watch them for a
while. She was incredibly protective and
constantly kept her brood on the far side and called them as soon as she thought
Buddy or I were getting too inquisitive.
Talking about ducks, Buddy
is still very good at not chasing them as the picture below shows yet
again. If I forget to warn him he will
still run up to them though. There is a
particularly protective female mallard by the boat and she will have a standoff
with Buddy. Her brood will jump into the
water but she will stand her ground which Buddy finds quite perturbing and he
keeps his distance. I must get a picture
one day.
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Buddy showing off again
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Whilst out on Tuesday I
met a couple of walkers, a lady in her 80s and her daughter who was about my
age. They told me that the older lady
had lived in a village between Scafell Pike and the sea all her life but has
just moved down to the Midlands as all her remaining family in the Lake
District had died. I asked her how she
was managing moving away from such a beautiful area and she told me it was easy
as it was so warm in the Midlands. To be
fair we now find it warm in the south compared with here.
When we got back from a
walk on Tuesday I noticed that a row of toilets had appeared in the field next
to where we are moored; obviously something is happening this weekend so I went
to do some investigating.
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From the back of the boat
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Whilst we had been out
walking another boat had joined the line moored by us and as the couple were on
board I had a chat with them. It
transpires that we have moored in the prime location for a music festival this
weekend which is why a line of boats is building up behind us.
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We are right at the front,
almost out of sight
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It’s a small event held
twice a year in June and September and the June event is called the Sonic Rock
Solstice. There is quite a line-up of
bands for the weekend and they are from a mixture of my old favourites – space,
acid, prog and punk rock.
We have Matthew and Marie
visiting on Friday and we are off to Peter’s party in London on Sunday so it
looks like our Saturday is also planned for us now!
Whilst putting the tomato
and chilli plants back in the cratch for the evening I noticed our first
tomatoes have started appearing – always a welcome sight.
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Our first boat tomatoes of
2017
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