On Friday night we met up with Ray and Diane from NB Ferndale ... they had also left the marina for a few days! The Swan was just too crowded so we went to The Star instead, and had a few beers and a good chat in the snug bar.
There were lots of boaty types in the bar and unbeknown to me one of them flashed her bazookas! Just when you need eyes in the back of your head! Elaine told me about this later - apparently they were talking about some kind of 'narrowboat-calendar-girl's type calendar! I think she was giving her mates a preview! We left the pub about 23.30 and walked a few paces back to the boat - the trouble was that we hadn't had any dinner and we were a tad hungry, so decided to go for a pizza! Whilst waiting for the pizza we went in The Swan for a night cap ... by now there were only the die-hards left! We walked back to the boat and demolished the very nice pizzas.....a perfect end to a perfect Friday night.
Saturday lunch-time saw the arrival of Elaine's brother, Trevor - he was a man bearing many gifts ... firewood, mail, plus rose hips and lavender from his garden for Elaine.
Once we had loaded the wood etc. on board we took off through all the Stone locks ...
Past the old brewery, now its a machine shop ...
I like this lock, you enter it directly after going under the road bridge ...
We chucked a u-ey on the outskirts of stone, its a most impressive winding hole, it is located in the middle of a flash housing estate.
Past an elephant ...
Into the last lock at Aston ...
Before we turned into the marina, we reversed into the pen so I could polish the other side of the boat ...
Before Trevor headed off home for the night we went to Thai Lanna restaurant in Stone; if you like good Thai food it is well worth a visit. It was packed but the maitre d' squeezed us in upstairs.
Today was another lovely day so I finally got round to painting the roof ... well nearly all of it, I ran out of paint!
There were lots of boaty types in the bar and unbeknown to me one of them flashed her bazookas! Just when you need eyes in the back of your head! Elaine told me about this later - apparently they were talking about some kind of 'narrowboat-calendar-girl's type calendar! I think she was giving her mates a preview! We left the pub about 23.30 and walked a few paces back to the boat - the trouble was that we hadn't had any dinner and we were a tad hungry, so decided to go for a pizza! Whilst waiting for the pizza we went in The Swan for a night cap ... by now there were only the die-hards left! We walked back to the boat and demolished the very nice pizzas.....a perfect end to a perfect Friday night.
Saturday lunch-time saw the arrival of Elaine's brother, Trevor - he was a man bearing many gifts ... firewood, mail, plus rose hips and lavender from his garden for Elaine.
Once we had loaded the wood etc. on board we took off through all the Stone locks ...
Past the old brewery, now its a machine shop ...
I like this lock, you enter it directly after going under the road bridge ...
We chucked a u-ey on the outskirts of stone, its a most impressive winding hole, it is located in the middle of a flash housing estate.
Back past The Star pub ...
Past an elephant ...
Into the last lock at Aston ...
Before we turned into the marina, we reversed into the pen so I could polish the other side of the boat ...
Before Trevor headed off home for the night we went to Thai Lanna restaurant in Stone; if you like good Thai food it is well worth a visit. It was packed but the maitre d' squeezed us in upstairs.
Today was another lovely day so I finally got round to painting the roof ... well nearly all of it, I ran out of paint!
This to me is the best part about being on a marina - it's so easy to do all the little jobs that have built up over the last 7 months!
... and how about the weather? Saturday and Sunday were both such lovely days - hopefully it will last a bit longer so I can finish off the roof.
Sam escaped from the boat again (when we had turned our backs for a nano-second) - and was bought back by a chap moored on a completely different arm - he just loves to wander off to find another dog to play with ... I think he finds Bombo too boring !
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