Still not fished!

Holiday


Just back,well yesterday after a week (less one day) staying at a cottage in Bradford upon Avon.
Why did we pick on this location ? Well firstly Pauline fancied a  trip to Somerset as "we have not visited anywhere in this county"
Not quite right, but I certainly hadn't visited, the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset, despite having many desktop ventures involving the likes of  Bradford, Trowbridge, Warminster, Melksham, Cosham and Chippenham in my formative years of property management with the International Stores group.
We had shops in nearly all of the towns in this locality, mostly only addresses memorised by me during my regular brain challenging moments in the office with Ivan. It was constant competition, in an effort to out guess him, in naming the 1100 odd English grocery shop addresses in International ownership.
We would shout across the office an address or a town, and have to answer the town name or vice versa! Believe it or not we even got down to branch numbers!
A real geographic learning curve for me which held me in good stead for many a year. I can still remember most of them! So much so whenever I visit a town I have to find the ex location!

Anyway, our holiday which included the packing of a travel rod and basic gear should have included a few fishing/picnic trips to the riverside, but as most would have realised the weather certainly wasn't conducive to picnicking. So I didn't fish.

We stayed in a fantastic self catering cottage   http://www.kemble-cottage.co.uk/   

not cheap, but we don't look for cheap!  It's on a steep hill about half way up...or down!

We only cooked ourselves a breakfast and ate out in many of the restaurants/pubs in and around the Bradford area, so plenty of driving/site seeing even in the wet.

Our visits also included trips to Glastonbury  and Weston super Mare,as well as all the other towns including a day at Lacock.

The best pub for location beer and food being at Avoncliff. They even boasted a 14lb barbel on their menu,(not the set meal!!) Open all day and serving very good food.
So, one marked for a future holiday week perhaps, right on the river and with free fishing to guests! http://www.crossguns.net/


We set off a day early to miss out on the forecast very wet weather, we did that also knowing that along the way most of the towns villages we were to pass through had a  fete this weekend.


This coming week


I'm hoping to have my first river session of the season on the Trent, so shall be seeing what the conditions are on Monday for either the tidal or the middle Trent.


The only other thing I really have to consider this week, is a  trip down to Watford for the funeral of cousin Peggie.

Peggie and the 3 musketeers circa 1956/7

Just a thought!


While shopping for holiday clothes, a husband and wife passed a display of bathing costumes. 
It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since the wife had even considered buying a bathing suit, so she sought her  husband's advice.
'What do you think?' she asked. 'Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?'
'Better get a bikini,' he replied. 'You'd never get it all in one.'
He's still in intensive care.