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The Tuesday Night Club on Tour
Tours 2000, BCN, Severn Estuary, K&A and River Wey
24 - Sunday 23rd July - Bath back to Bristol. Bristol Avon.
Julian arrived a bit late in Neil's Passat at 12.00. Fairly quick changeover to "family weeks". Linda (WWW) sprogs, Peter and Wendy and Alan now in attendance. Fairly uneventful trip back down the Avon to Bristol. Soon caught up with two totally rat ar*ed crews aboard the two Saltford Marina 30ft day narrowboats. They were totally helpless and we had to do everything at the locks. Between the locks they engaged in narrowboat racing, seeing who could make the most black smoke from there engines. At Saltford Lock one gave up after nearly wrecking a small sailboat race. The other passed through Saltford Lock with us and an Anglo Welsh boat (Crocus). We soon left them behind. We passed through Keynsham lock with couple aboard David Piper boat who had just been stoned from the road bridge they were half moored under (Neil was right to not fancy stopping here!) We got to Netham Lock at 16.40 and went straight through into the floating Harbour feeder canal (Neil knew it would not be tidal at the moment as it was still going off springs). Moored up at same mooring on Lloyds Building pontoons at 17.25. We were welcomed by crew of Mucky Duck (just done estuary in force 4, but with the wind) and crew of Lemehocl, who we had met coming down at Bath. That night we found the quick way to Park Street and went to Pizza Plus - Bennys.
 Two hire day boats get involved in racing! Bristol River Avon. |
 Two hire day boats get involved in racing! Bristol River Avon. |
 Boat yard at Keynsham. Bristol River Avon. |
 Princes Street Swing Bridge. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 These next two images join together. Filming for a local news program. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Even having seen the program, we could not se the point of the dinosaur! Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Bristol Industrial Museum. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Lloyds / TSB visitor moorings. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Alan, Peter, Wendy, Mandy the Whippet and Linda. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Lemehocl and Muck Duck on the Lloyds / TSB visitor moorings. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Tidal Bristol Avon, beside the Floating Harbour. |
 Tidal Bristol Avon. |
 Clifton Suspension Bridge. Tidal Bristol Avon. |
 Clifton Suspension Bridge and Clifton Gorge. Tidal Bristol Avon. |
 Entrance Lock, Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Clifton Suspension Bridge and Clifton Gorge. Tidal Bristol Avon. |
 Entrance Lock, Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Entrance Lock, Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Entrance Lock, Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Old harbour workers cottages beside Old Junction Lock. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 S.S.Great Britain. |
 S.S.Great Britain. |
 S.S.Great Britain. |
 Bet that skeg and rudder is a bugger to straighten! S.S.Great Britain. |
 Then just Earnest was left! Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Linda's evening Harbour cruise. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Linda's evening harbour cruise. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
 Cumberland Basin Swing Bridge. Bristol Floating Harbour. |
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