Down the Avon…

This morning Rog was  woken up at 6.30 by lots of banging and crashing and loud voices outside our porthole – they were setting up stalls for some kind of market.  We were glad that we had decided to move downriver for the night.  We untied about 9 am and headed off.  The sun was shining, not quite ‘river weather’, but nearly, and the Avon was very pretty.  Two locks later (very hard locks, I hasten to add!) and we found a delightful spot just above Stan Clover lock.  We settled in for the day and then went for a walk after lunch around Luddington. There were some lovely cottages, a manor house, a village green, a cute little church, and not much else!  Back to Stratford tomorrow.

Leaving Stratford

Anonymous(or Weir Brake) Lock

The railway bridge, remnant of the former Stratford to Cheltenham line which is now a footpath called The Greenway, part of National Route 5

Stan Clover Lock

Weir at Stan Clover Lock

Lovely mooring

Luddington Church

Gorgeous ‘chocolate box’ cottages

2.9 miles and 2 locks