The trip boat we went on for Colin's birthday party was wb Victoria, operated by Paper Mill Lock Cruises. (I was sure I'd taken a photograph of Victoria before, but perhaps I didn't.) The same company runs the tea room at the lock, which, from our one visit (to date), is very good and very good value. When we got there on Saturday we'd driven down from Norfolk after a 5.5 mile walk (with the local walking group) and no lunch. The toasted teacake and two large mugs of Earl Grey went down a treat!
The weather, as I've mentioned, was perfect. After we winded at Rushes Lock we were heading towards the setting sun.
The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is a scenic rural waterway running from Chelmsford to Heybridge in Essex. At Heybridge there's a sea lock, so perhaps Sarah and Jim could bring Singapore onto it if they wished. Some of the bridges are low, though, so I don't know how far they'd get.
Doubtless the Tuesday Night Club has done this waterway. Yes, I've just looked it up. They did it in Earnest (how did they get it there?) and have a large number of photos on their trip report.
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Your photos make it look idyllic, Halfie. Very lovely indeed. Of course that says more about you as a photographer than anything else :)
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