on the canals

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We’ve just picked up the narrowboat, making our way to our first stop for the night out the front (back?)of a canalside pub. It was booked out so dinner on the boat for tonight. This is great, a leisurely cruise going through meadows of cows, sheep with their new lambs jumping around, daffodils and wild flowers on the river bank and trees full of blossoms and new spring leaves.
Everyone is so friendly, there are lots of permanent canal folk and they just chat and chat, we sometimes have to just start walking away. We have been blessed with the weather, Lucy was down to her single top today, personally I think that was going a bit too far, but it’s quite mild.
Sunday 27th- I spoke too soon about the weather; it’s raining, but luckily just very lightly. We stopped at a little pub for lunch, roast pork for only 5.5pounds. We are now traveling through Wales and the sun is out again. Sitting in the hedges are rabbits with their babies and there are so many ducks with their ducklings, and the kids just saw a squirrel, spring is amazing here.
We’ve stopped to moor by a little village for the night, the sun is out and we’re off to explore it.

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