We woke up to more rain and
screaming seagulls!
There was no need to rush so I
didn’t! The weather forecast said the
rain would stop about 4pm but by about 11am it had stopped so Richard took
Muffin for a walk. They came back to
Granny Facetiming with Tobyn as he had his lunch. At 10 months Tobyn is now recognising me on
the iPad and when he sees me his face cracks into a huge smile – it is just so
wonderful. Thank goodness for modern
technology.
Richard went to visit the Waterways
Museum which he said was interesting but rather aimed at children. According
the C&RT website Gloucester Docks were once the deepest and widest in the
world. Now old dock buildings house new museums, shops and cafes. The Museum has been renovated, refreshed and
rebranded thanks to over £1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and DCMS/Wolfson
Museums & Galleries Improvement Fund.
The Grade II listed warehouse hides a marvellous surprise of bright,
engaging galleries with stories of the communities that lived, and continue to
thrive, along on the River Severn, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal and your
wider wonderful waterways.
Photo courtesy of C&RT
There was a knock on the door
(well the side of the boat) and it was Gill and Phil from Deck of Cards. They had been in town and came to see
us. They are moored up near Sainsburys
and we were going up there anyway for shopping and to see them. After a cuppa we took them across to the
services and they walked back to their boat while we filled with water. We managed to moor up right in front of Deck
of Cards and I went to Sainsburys. I
left Richard up a ladder picking blackberries which were coming over the top of
a wall. Jam making tomorrow!
I think that's the biggest ring we have ever tied
up!!
We had a lovely evening with Gill and Phil who came to us in the
evening for a good old chat and a few drinks and nibbles.
We are moored at Monk Meadow Dock
and in the 1930s to the 1960s the dock was used by tanker barges supplying
half-a-dozen petroleum depots. Now there
are narrowboat mooring but the surrounding land is due to be redeveloped as
part of the Gloucester Quays scheme. In
2007 plans were made for mainly housing with a food superstore and large car
park to the north. The housing will comprise a mix of sizes, styles and
density, including so-called affordable housing. We are
now in 2017 and the area looks rather rundown.
I didn’t take many photos today –
I’ll try and make up for it in the next couple of days.
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