Apart from the Irish-registered car, you could probably have described anybody round the Basin - including most of the volunteers!
If you do go to the Basin, park in Daisy Meadow car park. It's free. Having parked-up, keep heading south and up the steps, where you will find yourself on the towpath. At this point there is a trip boat. If you turn left, you get to the main sight-seeing spot with a choice of the Jolly Sailor and the Old Ship pubs (food served most of the day). Just (and only just) down-river from these are a row of wooden buildings, one of these is the tea-rooms where you can sit outside if you wish. It is run by Wilkins, the Tiptree Jam firm, and I thoroughly recommend the toasted tea cake with Tiptree jam! DaveD -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 4 May 2010 12:45 Subject: [canals-list] Re: Chelmer & Blackwater On Tue, 04 May 2010 07:38:15 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >There are some places I can recommend. [...] That's just what I need: many thanks. >Oh, and if you go on a Tuesday or Wednesday, you might see the blue-shirted olunteers working somewhere along the Navigation (I can usually only do ednesdays). We do some of the minor repair work, cut grass, install power and ater supplies, make landing stages, etc. Look forward to seeing you. I think I'll be there on a Tuesday, but I'll wave at any volunteers nyway. If you see a fat bloke with a hat, a beard, glasses, two dogs nd an Irish-registered car, that's me! bjg ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links Individual Email | Traditional http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
