We had a wonderful evening with Jane and Neil last night, it went far too quickly and it's hard to realise that we hadn't seen each other for many years - that's what shows a true friendship I guess.
On the journey today we were bombarded by a mass of swallows (not sure what the proper group description is) they were under a stand of trees that overhung the river. We presumed that it was rich in insect life as they were going crazy, dipping and diving around us. It was rather magical.
Here we are turning in the basin, ahead is the restaurant where we ate last night. It was amazing, 5 different cooking stations, all making a different type of food and you basically have up to an hour and 3/4 to eat as much as you can. It was really exciting, and meant that everyone got what they wanted and it wasn't too expensive either (for a city centre). Highly recommended.
The photos are taking ages to upload here, so I'll miss out some of the ones I'd been hoping to add. Suspect the connection is a bit poor here as we're in a bit of a dip.
Once we'd turned the boat we pulled in to get some water. It was shown at regular intervals around the harbour but as it turned out, not in accessible places. We had to come out of our mooring and pull in at the other end then moor up against the quayside, which had to be approached up a ladder set in the side. Anyway we filled up, but it really wasn't that easy.
Here they are clearing some tree stumps out of the water - the Bristol Harbour own the water up to the first lock on the Kennet and Avon so it was nice to see them doing some clearance. There's lots to be done along the Avon. We enjoyed it though, it was a nice gentle relaxing stretch of water and once we'd remembered how we negotiated the whole rope thing to go up locks, all went pretty smoothly.
We assumed that this was some sort of mill chimney, until looking at the map and discovering that it's the old Fry's chocolate factory, taken over by Cadbury's with the promise that it would continue to produce chocolate for the foreseeable future and then the production was moved to Poland shortly after. I remember going here as a child on a school trip. John and I were drooling as we remembered the old Fry's Chocolate Peppermint Cream bars. Mmmmmm.
Here we are finally in the centre of Bath with the Pulteney Bridge ahead of us.
It's taken almost an hour to get these 4 photos on here so I'm giving up at this point and going to cook some tea!
We managed to cruise past the scene of the lost watch without losing anything so that's a bonus. It should be an interesting evening as we have a music festival just over the river from us (been very good so far) and a beer festival on the rec. behind us! mmmm
Hi Knew you would like eating on the docks we enjoyed our meal in the same resturant x
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