Derek was up as usual, bright and early, me well I stayed in bed till 8 after all there was no rush, it was still raining and had been all night. Got up and sorted out the dreaded washing basket, tidied round in general, did the plant pots and decided to wait for the rain to break before going into town. We sorted out with Matthew and Sarah when and where we could be picked up to go home and come back to the boat again with Charlotte and Amelia. Derek ran a check on where we could leave the boat, he rang Saul Marina for availability of a mooring and they said ring nearer the date and should be ok for a week or so. The plan is home 16th July ready for Isabella 1st Birthday on the 21st and back with girls (whoever decides to join us) on the 22nd. A NB moored in front of us set off and Derek then decided to move us back and forth to get a better tele signal ?? We then went into town and found some different shops!! Walked through Riverside covered shopping precinct. The precinct was a bit rundown with more closed shops than open ones. Home Bargains (one of my favourite shops) was there so I got a few bits and pieces particularly a box of chocs for this evening. We had a toastie and coffee and walked through to the older part of the town, craft shop and a lovely old antique shop, I bought a couple of bits, they had dolls house bits plus bargain bits, I got talking to the lovely lady in there, told her what we were doing in Evesham, she lives near Tardebigge , a massive flight of 36 (wow) or so locks, we are supposed to be going up them later on, so we said we would wave when we got to the top? She was very interesting to talk to she knew all about the churches and the Bell Tower (remains of the Abbey after Henry VIII got his hands on it) and found out that she had 8 children, all girls. She had lost count of grandchildren, amazing, told her of course about our families and she thought it was lovely that Sarah had 6 children and that we still had a baby, Issabella, as she loves babies but her grandchildren were all older. After we had walked through the church, which was lovely, we found more antique shops, I had lovely chats with the owners and bought a few bits, got some more boat paints from ‘Magpies’ and came back to the boat. We spent the rest of the afternoon doing a bit of trouser washing, me a bit of sewing, Derek napping and generally lazing about watching the action on the river.
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