A strange blue ball has appeared in the Sheldon Square Pit in Paddington, London
A Boat Trip on the River, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019
We're in Stratford on/upon Avon again for Grandad's annual reunion of the 69th Entry to the RAF (1952) - possibly for the last time ever that there will be a full group meeting. We arrive on the Friday night, and then there's a boat trip planned for the group - plus hangers on - on the following day, although the G-Unit's recollections about the details are somewhat vague. After the short-ish boat trip, we wander down the road to see Shakespeare's grave, however there's a wedding on so we can only wander around outside the church. It doesn't matter too much, as the weather is spot on. Before all of that, there's a bit of London randomness, a BSCC ride to Star Wing Brewery, and a stunt plane is throwing itself around the skies above the Oaksmere
next album: Neil and Martina's Wedding, The Three Tuns, Bransgore, Dorset - 20th September 2019
previous album: The 69th Entry RAF Reunion Dinner, Stratford Manor Hotel, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019
A close-up of the mystery blue ball
Ken wanders across Praed Street after a trip to Peking-Seoul in Paddington
A building on Praed Street has foliage growing out of it
Vlad with his Peking-Seoul lunch
The stunt plane flies around the skies of Suffolk
More biplane stunt action with smoke trail
BT OpenReach has performed a stellar repair job on the fibre cabinet at the end of the road
Phil, Paul and Suey outside Star Wing
Gaz gives it the hairy eyeball in the Star Wing taproom
The gang wanders into the shop at Kettering Services on the A14
Grandad roams around
Fred carries his Lego box through reception
Isobel, a slurping Harry, and the G-Unit
In the hotel bar
An obligatory 'maze of identical corridors' photo as we go to breakfast
Harry and Fred in the hotel
At breakfast, on of the G-Unit's RAF colleagues comes over
The boys play Lego on the hotel's water-feature thing
We wait to cross the road by a very vivid flower bed
More flowers, and the remains of a defunct BHS shop
Businesses in Stratford are not shy about playing on the Shakespeare thing
Harry and Fred face off with a couple of swans
It's all Fountain of Salmacis by a statue of Hermaphroditus
Grandad meets another RAF buddy
There's a kerfuffle as Grandad's name isn't on the list
A longboat pootles about
On the boat
There's green gunge stuck to the side of the canal lock
There's a stray leg dangling down from the roof of the boat
Crowds and swans watch the departing boat, as the lock gates are closed
Another pleasure boat has a flotilla of attendant swans
This swan is doing something weird with its beak and tongue
The rebuilt RSC theatre, as reputedly slagged off (architecturally) by Edward Elgar
There are lots of rowers on the river
Someone contemplates the River Avon (or River River)
Rowing boats bob about on the Avon
Holy Trinity Church from the river
The heavily-reinforced Colin P Witter canal lock
These swans have attitude
There's a massive swan frenzy when a small child starts flinging bird food in the river
Former industrial buildings on Canal Basin
What looks like floating foam is actually thousands of feathers on the water
A strangely-crowned K6 phone box on Waterside
Nice buildings on the corner of Sheep Street and Waterside
Fred walks past the 'Dirty Duck' pub
Harry looks for something
One of the unique streetlamps on Waterside
Fred takes a photo of a streetlight on Southern Lane
Another view of Holy Trinity Church
Stained glass windows, from the wrong side really
Harry pokes at some old carved graffiti in the church wall
A nice tree
Some photos of Shakespeare plays are stuck on a building
Fred wanders around near The Other Place and the 'tin shed'
Fred does another photo of street furniture
Many of the houses on Waterside have amusing Shakespeare door knockers
Grandad has a coffee
Our boat from earlier in the day - Jennifer May - does another trip
Fred looks at another Origami book in The Works
Harry underneath a big inflatable shark
A couple of quite good singers do some busking
A dude on stilts waves at passing traffic
Grandad in the car park
A blur of action
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A strange blue ball has appeared in the Sheldon Square Pit in Paddington, London
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