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| Leaving Shirley behind us |
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| Going through Shirley Draw Bridge |
We are moving on this morning just a few miles along the
canal and it was a lovely sunny warm day. I walked down to Shirley Drawbridge
and opened it up. You need a BW key to
work this electrically operated bridge, Kev brought the boat through and then I
shut the bridge, it all went okay and no mishaps. I hopped on board and we chugged on along the
canal.
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| Passing Earlswood Motor Yacht Club |
It was very quiet and we only passed one boat. We chugged past some apartments built by the
side of the canal, they looked really nice and soon we were passing Earlswood
Motor Yacht Club at Lady Lane Wharf where there are lots of moored boats. There was a heron on the towpath and he
followed us for a bit, waiting on the towpath until we got to him then flying
further in front and landing again, I think he got bored in the end and flew
off over the trees.
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| Heron flying away |
We chugged slowly past them under Bridge 18 and we moored
just before Bridge 19 opposite Waring’s Green Wharf in a lovely sunny
spot.
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| Wedges Bakery |
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| Inside Wedges Bakery |
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| Scone with Jam & Cream, Yum Yum!! |
We had some lunch, then went out for a walk down the towpath
and out onto a lane and at the end of the lane is Wedges Bakery, Deli and Café. It is a fantastic place, they make all the
bread, rolls, cakes, scotch eggs, pork pies on the premises and all the meat
and vegetables they sell are all from local farms. It is actually at Bridge 20 on the canal but
we usually get off the towpath before and walk down the lane as that bit of the
towpath is usually really muddy even in the Summer.
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| Prosecution of Felons Poster |
We bought some lovely ham and a couple of small pork pies
for our tea and then sat in the café and had a lovely fresh scone with jam and
cream, really yummy!!
On the side wall of the Bakery, there was a poster, Prosecution of Felons and the charges, we will make sure we are good while in this area, don't want to be flung in jail and charged!! We walked back to the canal and back to the boat. We are staying here tomorrow as well as we
are off back up to the Bakery to get some bread, rolls and anything else that
takes our fancy, I expect we will need a trolley to carry it all back!!
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| Moored at Waring's Green Wharf |
I love it when herons 'accompany' the boat like a sentinel. Sometimes they feel like guardian angels checking the route for you as you go along.
ReplyDeleteThe bakery looks like a wonderful find. Had you been there before?
Yes we have been to the Bakery before, last year when we were this way, its by Bridge 20 and well worth a visit.
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