A late addition to finish the 2019 blog:
Surprisingly, there's plenty of room in the canal basin and we're moored right opposite the RSC theatre. After the quiet river, this is completely different; we're surrounded by tourists and the bustle of the town centre, including a busker singing showtunes and an evangelist preacher - all rather enjoyable (for Jan) and the definition of hell (Denis). This is our base for three nights.
Our mooring in Stratford Basin
The Avon Navigation Trust information boat on the jetty next to us
Hello again to Roger, Pauline and Kezzie
...and lunch before farewell - until the next trip
View of Statford's Big Wheel and Tramway Bridge
Stratford in bloom
View of Catnap with Shakespeare statue in background
Tramway Bridge
View of the RSC theatre from the opposite bank
Old buildings on the river
Trip boats
Tudor, tourists, traffic
Amazing wooden framed house
Shakespeare's birthplace
Our 2019 blog ends here, although the trip back doesn't as we travel north via the Stratford Canal, join the Grand Union through Birmingham then onto the Birmingham & Fazeley, the Coventry and from then retrace our route to Sawley. Looking forward to next year...
