Mandarin 70 express

Fantastic night - can u go cards c.1945 and now Home !

The problem with not doing the ring is that we are going back over the same course!
The reeds ! The trees ! The locks ! The odd tunnel !
You can read some of my drivel or just reread the first two days

Leaving Droitwich and salt remnants ! Wych" refers to a "salt town" or a place associated with salt production, derived from the Old English word "wic," meaning "a place" or a "brine spring". There was a lot around here !

Btw the cill on the canal ? Not the sill on the window sill ! Apparently one is industrial and the other isn’t !

It’s a sunny day !
Oh no - clouds !

Chateau Impney the old salt kings home under repair and not an active hotel.

A tunnel ! A bloody horn ! thanks Jezza !

So top three reasons for barge holidays - Hugh ?
Silence
Slow
Camaraderie!

Somewhere on the list might be scenery ?

Andrew ?
Scenery
Camaraderie
Fresh air ! ( after a curry)

Jezza ?
Slowness
Not having to talk to people
The scenery !

Jayne? With rationale!
-Quiet peaceful and slow
-Closest to camping which I hate and I can have Personal bathroom
-On water all those reflections and so pretty !

Mine ?
Interesting things to see , cand there are not many and catch up chat and banter …

So the ring cycle ? Wagner’s opus ? It’s because there’s a ring that’s made and stolen ! But why a cycle ?
Well ! It’s a Connected Narrative: The four operas, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung, form a single, overarching story. Bit like a barge trip too

And we’re back … at the same pub we drank in as the better pub is not serving food so it’s the bridge pub … kfc burger ?

- Forest Betis! No tv just the radio ! 2 - 2 bah!Read more