A night without any mishaps, No one fell in the canal or lost their way to the loo (needed after all those pea's!) and apart from the guitar strings pinking off one by one when one of the entertaining group, Green Strings Theory, played with a bit more gusto then usual, all went swimmingly well.
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| Green String Theory. |
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| Some arrived early to grab a good seat |
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| Enjoying the music |
This band was excellent and well worth thinking about if ever wanting a good entertainment group for a 'do'. This is their
link. The music begun at 8pm and after singing and playing to us for 45 minutes it was time for the much awaited Pie and Pea. Margaret was in charge in the kitchen heating the mushy peas and keeping me supplied with the stuff ready to dollop a ladle full onto the steak pies. We had Jill turning the pies out on the plates and Izzy pouring the gravy. Heather took the tickets at the door and sent a steady stream of folk to the tables to get their supper. All in all it ran like a well oiled cog, sure and steady, and thankfully we didnt run out of pies or peas. Well done to Carole for working the numbers out so well.
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| Kept warm in the hot cupboard |
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| Ready to serve. |
After feeding the band, they returned for another hours play. By 11pm those less hardy started to depart leaving about 20 of us to enjoy the rest of the evening. Bed finally called to us by 1.30am.
We were up by 9am this morning to help clean the cottage and get it set up in readiness for the next ECP&DA meeting. Once that was completed we only had one other task to do. Move Crested Lark from across the canal back to join us in the arm. So here is that story. Anthony pays for mooring Crested Lark on the stretch of concrete nearly exactly where we had moored. When we arrived last Wednesday it was a real bonus to see the boat gone. It meant more boats could be fitted in the Arm. So by Friday, as a previous photo shows, we were filled to capacity. So imagine our surprise when Crested Lark was seen to be ascending Sandiacre Lock. Now this caused us some dilemma. How do we get him back to his mooring. It would have meant a major boat shuffle and one none of us relished. Ian was sent to negotiate with Anthony to see what could be sorted out. Thankfully he's a really good guy and agreed to go over on towpath side as long as the boat was returned to it's mooring when all the others had left. So Ian, Dennis and Tim took it upon themselves to bring it back across.
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| Tim doing his 'It's one Cornetto' impression |
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| Brilliant rope throwing skill. Mind you he was the lock keeper on one of the River Trent locks. |
That job successfully completed is was time for us all to chill out and enjoy a nice cup of tea.
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