Our hectic summer continued with three nights at Harry's Meadow where we were joined by Joe and Kate and the girls, along with Chrissie and Lily. It was a brilliant weekend and we are all totally exhausted now.
We arrived on Friday just after lunch and got settled in and did a fair bit of star gazing and bat watching as the sun disappeared on a late night. Saturday was warm and sunny and we joined Glen for a swim in the River Avon followed by another late night during which time a plan was hacthed to go for a ride along the river in our dinghy, an air bed and an inflatable doughnut. It was as crazy as it sounds and hard work too. The jounrey took something over two hours and ended with us leaving the river via someone's garden lugging the vessels and oars etc.
Glen was in a wet suit and swam a lot of the way with Chrissie also in the water for a long period despite no wet suit, the same being true for Joe. Lily piled in too and they ended up on the air bed with the dog, Rag. It was quite a sight , very comical, seeing us drifting down river.
The low water levels made it harder work due to the weeds and rushes which were in abundance in many places along the channels. The pasta feast afterwards was very welcome.
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