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| Josie & Maxine working hard |
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| Queen's Head - Stoke Pound |
Cruising England's canals and having a beer along the way. A blog of occasional news about our trips round England's canals firstly on Nb Eos - a share boat, and then our first boat Nb Notos and now Nb Hamwih.
Friday 30 March 2012
Mar12 Trip - Tibberton to Tardebigge - Friday
Joined by Josie's sister Maxine today. With both Alan & Maxine on board the day started with them both getting off again and driving their cars to the Queens Head at Stoke Pound. One of the cars was left there, they then drove back to Tibberton, stopping at a supermarket on the way to get some bacon & bread for breakfast.
The day went well with both Alan and Maxine taking a turn at the tiller and helping with the locks. As we reached the bottom of Tardebigge locks we moored for the night. Despite our best efforts both Maxine & Allan decline the opportunity to stay overnight and help us with the locks the following morning. They did however buy us a drink in the Queen's head before they set off home.
We looked at the menu in the Queens and realised how fortunate we were on Monday, when we went to the Boat & Railway instead - similar meals, but at least 50% more. We did stay for a couple more pints (Wye Valley HPA - in excellent condition) before we decided to have a meal on board and get an early night ready for a prompt start on Saturday. Unfortunately Friday night is 'Disco night' in the Queens and it was quite noisey, even though we were not moored directly opposite the pub.