The best bit in many ways, which we could have done for free I suppose, was walking up and down the tow path and looking at all the visiting boats.
We walked down to Autherley Junction, where there seemed to be hardly any difference at all between the levels of the Staffs and Worcs and the Shroppie.
We also walked down to Aldersley Junction, the start of the BCN, and the foot of the Wolverhampton 21 (which we have done in both directions).
Moored opposite the junction, next to a sign on the fingerpost saying that it was the last visitor mooring before the festival moorings began, was the OwnerShips boat Shadow. No sign of Halfie on board though, and I didn't spot him at the show either (although if he wasn't wearing the stoical expression of his blogger profile photo, I wouldn't have recognised him).
Moored opposite the festival site was Guelrose, but Mike was probably working.
Sanity was also there, but moored in the middle of three abreast. I did snatch a few words with Bruce, though, as he tipped yet another barrow load of wood chips into the mud. He told me 80 tonnes of bark chippings would have been put down by the end of the day.
After lunch, we walked up the Shroppie as far as the Wolverhampton Boat Club before turning back. There were still boats further up, but we felt we'd walked far enough. We left at about 2.30, catching a bus back to the car. We then headed off to Stratford, but more of that in a separate post.
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Adam - I didn't spot you either. Yes, we had a really good mooring for the Festival as it was only half a mile up the towpath. Closer, probably, than many of the boats on "official" Festival moorings! It was only our second "National" - we went to St. Ives last year (but not in Shadow) - but I agree: it seemed somehow smaller than last time. It was good being able to go by boat: we felt much more part of it. More details of our trip to come on the blog.
Halfie
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