Today was the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Accordingly, I raised the US flag this morning at just before 9 a.m. in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 who died in those awful acts. Today we were also to join Sara's Dad and family for the first few days of their boating holiday on the Thames. This meant a trip to the Cash n' Carry this morning at Netherhampton to purchase some sherbet fountain's (David's favourite "candy") and some beer. As usual I came back with much else. Sara also went into Salisbury shopping for groceries and to buy another couple of pairs of jeans for me. I will be staying on the boat for a few extra days after Sara and the children have gone back to Winterslow tomorrow night. We finally left home just before 4 p.m. and a very clear road saw us in Windsor at around 5.30 p.m. There I had a fight with a Pay and Display machine which dispensed a ticket for a shorter stay than I wanted before I could put the rest of the money in to enable us to keep the car in Windsor for a longer period! Finding there was nobody around to help us sort this mess out we decided to leave it as it was and hopefully sort things out tomorrow morning. David, Andrea, Lee and his girlfriend Christy arrived at the car park and helped us to move all our bedding and clothes, not to mention the sherbet fountains and "liquor" (as the Americans like to call "booze") the 400 yards or so over Eton Bridge to the mooring alongside Eton College playing fields. This evening we went out into Windsor in search of a pub I had been recommended by a mosnic aquaintence - The Two Brewers. We eventually found it after a long walk along the length of the High Street ionly to be informed by the bar staff that children were not welcome at the bar or in the restaurant area. We trudged back to Eton Bridge quite hungry by now as well as very thirsty. We slipped into The George by the bridge for a couple of pints of English real ale whilst Sara with her brother Lee and girlfriend Christy and Tom went in search of fish and chips to eat on the boat. We returned to the boat - which is one of Kris Cruisers' vessels - Lady Alexandra - at about the same time as the "fishing expedition" who had found a really good chippie some distance. We enjoyed excellent fish and chips and mushy peas - all of which Christy was having for the first time - she especially enjoyed the crispy batter. There was so much food over that we fed the swans from the back of the boat. It seemed every swan on the Thames got the message that we were throwing chips and bread over the side - see the photo. We stayed up until midnight drinking Foster's lager, wine and Southern Comfort Reserve. I finally stumbled onto my bunk bed without unfolding my sleeping blanket. After quite a few drinks it just seemed too complicated an operation!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Swanning about with In-Laws in Windsor
Today was the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Accordingly, I raised the US flag this morning at just before 9 a.m. in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 who died in those awful acts. Today we were also to join Sara's Dad and family for the first few days of their boating holiday on the Thames. This meant a trip to the Cash n' Carry this morning at Netherhampton to purchase some sherbet fountain's (David's favourite "candy") and some beer. As usual I came back with much else. Sara also went into Salisbury shopping for groceries and to buy another couple of pairs of jeans for me. I will be staying on the boat for a few extra days after Sara and the children have gone back to Winterslow tomorrow night. We finally left home just before 4 p.m. and a very clear road saw us in Windsor at around 5.30 p.m. There I had a fight with a Pay and Display machine which dispensed a ticket for a shorter stay than I wanted before I could put the rest of the money in to enable us to keep the car in Windsor for a longer period! Finding there was nobody around to help us sort this mess out we decided to leave it as it was and hopefully sort things out tomorrow morning. David, Andrea, Lee and his girlfriend Christy arrived at the car park and helped us to move all our bedding and clothes, not to mention the sherbet fountains and "liquor" (as the Americans like to call "booze") the 400 yards or so over Eton Bridge to the mooring alongside Eton College playing fields. This evening we went out into Windsor in search of a pub I had been recommended by a mosnic aquaintence - The Two Brewers. We eventually found it after a long walk along the length of the High Street ionly to be informed by the bar staff that children were not welcome at the bar or in the restaurant area. We trudged back to Eton Bridge quite hungry by now as well as very thirsty. We slipped into The George by the bridge for a couple of pints of English real ale whilst Sara with her brother Lee and girlfriend Christy and Tom went in search of fish and chips to eat on the boat. We returned to the boat - which is one of Kris Cruisers' vessels - Lady Alexandra - at about the same time as the "fishing expedition" who had found a really good chippie some distance. We enjoyed excellent fish and chips and mushy peas - all of which Christy was having for the first time - she especially enjoyed the crispy batter. There was so much food over that we fed the swans from the back of the boat. It seemed every swan on the Thames got the message that we were throwing chips and bread over the side - see the photo. We stayed up until midnight drinking Foster's lager, wine and Southern Comfort Reserve. I finally stumbled onto my bunk bed without unfolding my sleeping blanket. After quite a few drinks it just seemed too complicated an operation!
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