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A really thoughtful
present from friends
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Friday was clearing out
day; we seem to have accumulated so much stuff that we felt we needed a good
turn out. So, we packed the car and set
off for Wendover where we use one of Ann’s (Karen’s mum) bedrooms for some of
our stuff. For some reason we have
things stored all over the country; my parent’s, Karen’s mum’s, Lauren’s, a storage
unit in Solihull and some locked cupboards and half the garage in the house we
let out in Kent ☹
We were amazed that we
filled the boot of the car, but it was a good job done and, after a pleasant
lunch with Ann, we returned to the boat to sit in the sun for the rest of the
day. After a while Chris appeared; he
and Sue had arrived for the L&G regatta and were moored just around the
corner from us. After chatting for a
while we decided to join them for our first barbecue of the year.
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Chris had enthused about
the sunny spot they were moored in but when we arrived a large tree was casting
a shadow over the towpath thus confirming we had the best spot on the Flecknoe
stretch 😉
On Saturday we popped into
Rugby to do some odd jobs like getting the car washed before it disappears for
the next few months. When we got back we
wheeled two bags of coal along the towpath to the boat. We had been waiting until we were moored nearer
the car but as it was going on Sunday we couldn’t wait any longer. We are rather hoping we won’t need to break
into the bags until autumn, but you never know.
We had a good walk in the
afternoon before meeting up with Chris & Sue and Mike & Lesley. Mike & Lesley had arrived on their boat
whilst we were out on our walk and had moored next to Chris & Sue by bridge
101. Coincidentally, bridge 101 is the
current location we have earmarked for having our ashes scattered 😊
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During our walk we saw
these cowslips that seem to have cross-bred with a domestic primula
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In the evening, the six of
us walked up to the Old Olive Bush in Flecknoe for drinks and dinner. We had a good laugh including making jokes
about the pub and its idiosyncratic landlord.
We were sensible and left the jokes until after the food had
arrived. It’s definitely well worth a
visit – Karen and I have been a few times but never eaten.
Chris & Sue had brought
Mike & Lesley a picture for their new boat and also a picture for us. We were really touched and pleased with it – see
photo of it at the top of this blog entry.
It’s a print of s first class stamp issued in July 2013 – there were ten
different butterflies in the set including our Chalkhill Blue 😊
Sunday saw us getting up
at 5 in the morning to drive up to Yorkshire.
We arrived at Gargrave, my parent’s village, before 9 and therefore before Buddy
woke up for breakfast. We had a quick
walk before popping in to see my mum for a while.
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The water hasn’t been this
low for many months in their village
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Car all tucked up nicely
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We caught a train (well,
three trains) back to Leamington and then John (a local taxi driver from Long
Itchington who is used to ferrying boat people) took us back to the boat.
All in all, a tiring but
very happy weekend 😊
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