Another lock !

Well it’s the birthday boys day ! The boys are up fishing at 6am ! Only Tiddlers! Birthday cards and bacon butties!
And then it’s a dozen locks ! Half a dozen mobile bridges ! A selection of local weirdoes! A guy who is officially checking locks and testing them with his machete ? Is he skilled ? A weirdo who is just looking after the locks ! A hippie too ! A weird Geordie guy who has an altercation with the hippie and says he hadn’t had a bath in 37 years ! Slightly worrying ! The odd isolated church on the hill ! Another set of of bunkers -what was Hitler doing invading by the Kennet canal ? The centre of Newbury is pleasant and quaint , the odd smell of herbal cigarettes in the air . We have a Swingbridge incident where Jerry managed to get a child to fall off his bike ! Ladies who were walking as a threesome with , of course ,walking poles - “Looking good ladies” says Hugh ! We finally get to the pub at Marsh Benham as the day is closing - it’s a good pub with good food and Hugh manages to get away with calling the waitress - Luv! Andrew tried his luck with a justification story of why he kicked the dog ! Weird day - home for birthday cake and red wine ! Let’s hope we sleep tonight !Read more