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| Looking the other way |
Sorry guys didn’t realise it has been more than a
week since I’d written anything here. By
Wednesday of last week we had visited Stoke Golding and were once again back at
Hinckley. This so we could stock up at
Tesco, followed by a busy morning writing Christmas cards and a trip to the
post office. On Friday we moved about a
mile southward, filling with water and deciding to stay there for the night,
when we hadn’t even had our lunch.
Saturday morning found us frozen in again! Tho’ once again we were lucky
with a passing boat breaking the ice before we set off. We turned eastward on to the Coventry canal
back towards Hawkesbury Junction. This
was to meet up with friends Max and Lindsay at the Greyhound, where we had a
lovely meal on Sunday. Although the
canal carries on into Coventry we thought we would catch the bus. So Monday morning found us catching the bus
into the centre. We went to the
Transport Museum, which was very interesting and spent a pleasant afternoon
wondering around the shops and looking at the Christmas lights and
decorations. About 4 we were back at the
bus stop for the ride back.
Unfortunately when we got off the bus we found we had gone in the wrong
direction and were completely the wrong side of town!! It had been dark so we couldn’t really see
where we were going. Luckily it was only
10 minutes until a bus into town and another 10 minutes for the connection back
to Hawkesbury. We finally made it back
on board just after 7!! Luckily there
was still plenty of gravy in the chicken stew which Paul had left cooking on
top of the stove!! Yesterday we turned
and made our way back once again to Hinckley, doing a good turn on the
way. We came up behind a boat which was
going VERY slowly. He waved us past and
we ended up towing him for a couple of miles until we were turning off. Seemed he had a small electric engine and his
generator wasn’t working properly. When
we asked where he was going he said Llangollen.
Just hope he didn’t expect to spend Christmas there as it’s a long way
yet. Don’t think he had a map as he
asked if the next junction was the Trent and Mersey! We wished him good luck and waved goodbye! Today we have been to The Lime Kilns for
lunch to meet with Dave and Joan, friends from Birstall, not far from here by
car. Not seen them for a couple of years
so it was good to catch up. Probably
tomorrow we will go into the marina, then on Friday we get the hire car ready
to drive south on Saturday. First to
Paul’s cousin Alison and Paul in Taunton for one night, then on to Plymouth on
Sunday until the new year.
So for now Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
