We
had a trip away of mixed emotions. It
was lovely to see Penny and Jim but really sad to go to yet another
funeral. This funeral was Richard’s
niece who died of cancer aged 40 and who has left 2 young daughters behind.
The
funeral was near Bodmin and as we have friends who live locally we took the
opportunity of catching up with them too.
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| Below Thurmaston Lock |
We
came back to the boat last night via Bristol where we caught up with another of
Richard’s nieces. I do like Bristol - it
does seem to be a very nice city.
Richard
took the car back this morning and then we waited for our Tesco delivery – I really
could get used to this type of shopping!
We had lunch and then set off back down river for the night. In fact we only went through Thurmaston lock
where we found a nice mooring place. We
had only just moored up when another boat came in behind us and moored up. I looked at the name and recognised it as one
of the blog boats I follow – it was Ray and Diane from NB Ferndale. I’m sure there may be other Ferndales on the
canals but this one has Melbourne on the side too! Diane had recognised Mary H too.
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| Ray and Diane |
We
spent a very pleasant afternoon chatting about Australia and what makes
Australians come over here and take to the canals. Diane was born in Wales (Ferndale to be
exact) and emigrated with her parents at an early age. Ray is Australian though his grandfather was
British. They are accompanied on their
travels by Banjo an apricot Cockapoo!
Muffin thought his luck was in but soon discovered that, at 12, Banjo
wasn’t really up for rough playing. I
love times like this when we can just chill out and chat with like minded and
lovely people J
Leicester
Marina to below Thurmaston Lock
0.2
miles
1
lock
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