Stopped a day in Pershore. Crew ashore for provisions and excellent 2nd hand bookshop, Sedgeberrow Books, and the Abbey. Meanwhile I practise my yoga on board.
Checked crew on return for contraband - noticed strong smell of tea and cake - I must watch them carefully.
Pershore to Offenham Lock - 16th April
Me guarding boat at Fladbury Lock.
Offenham Lock has a curious "lighthouse"-a memorial to Eric Pritchard, one of the significant people involved in the restoration of the Upper Avon Navigation.
Offenham Lock to Stratford - 17th April
Next lock commemorates Robert Aickman who with Tom Rolt set up the Inland Waterways Association and set in motion the restoration of Britain's increasingly derelict canals and waterways in the late 40s and 50s. Thanks to them and many other volunteers we can still enjoy many waterways which would have been inaccessible.
Above the lock the weir is still choked with debris from last autumn's floods.
Offenham Lock to Stratford - 17th April
Next lock commemorates Robert Aickman who with Tom Rolt set up the Inland Waterways Association and set in motion the restoration of Britain's increasingly derelict canals and waterways in the late 40s and 50s. Thanks to them and many other volunteers we can still enjoy many waterways which would have been inaccessible.
Above the lock the weir is still choked with debris from last autumn's floods.
It looks a very picturesque route and I'm glad you are keeping fit with yoga. You will need all your wits about you to keep tabs on the crew as I have heard tales of their tea and cake addiction before. However, please do not be too hard on them, as I myself suffer from the same addiction from time to time.
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