Wednesday 23rd July
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| Coffee time at Sharpness |
Woke to another hot day but a nice breeze blowing. Decided to stay for another night at Sharpness so Paul walked 1.8 miles each way to the shop - Mace - which did not have a lot in it - green milk, cucumber and a loaf. No salad, tomatoes or veg.
Lazy day reading, playing guitar etc.
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| Looking back from the Purton "graveyard" |
Went for a walk at 5.00pm to Purton, deviated off the path to follow the Purton boat graveyard a stretch of the Severn where boats had been intentionally beached to prevent erosion of the canal embankment. Quite amazing.
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| Purton boat graveyard |
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| Purton boat graveyard |
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| List of beached boats |
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| Purton church |
Visited Purton church very small with three new (2010) stained glass windows depicting life in abundance.
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| Window in Purton church |
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| Hiding from the rain in the Berkeley Arms at Purton |
Started walk back to the boat decided to use the path by the river rather than the towpath, passed a pub which was closed strict opening hours 7.00pm to 10.00pm. - shame if only it had been open we wouldn't have got soaked. As the heavens opened we were in t-shirts and shorts. Back to the pub which had just opened. Well it was old fashioned and minimalistic had a pint each and a packet of crisps with a pickled egg yum!
Dried out by the time we got back to boat for dinner.
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