Date -13-16 Sep Day - Sat Sun Start - Blue Lias End - Folly Napton not long after this Virgo came along side us to moor. We only had one person camping and that was Glen in his folding camper who was on the adjoining field. In the evening all twenty of us went into the pub to eat, we had pre booked our meals and as the evening progressed the crew of NB Arun joined us, this was the first of the excellent service we were to receive from the Blue Lias over the weekend. Saturday 15 September It was another glorious day and it transpired that there was also a steam rally being held in the pub grounds this weekend. Apart from the steam boat Adamant all the others were models and included traction engines, lorries and even a stem launch. During the afternoon several of us went up the lock flight to assist the steam boat Laplander down to join us. The evening was spent in the function room where over 30 of us first enjoyed a meal followed by a farce written by Bill on Minnehaha and performed my several of the attendees. All in all it was a very enjoyable day. Sunday 16 September The weather forecast for to day was poor and the day started very overcast, cool and windy but it did improve a bit as the day wore on. The only planned event for today was Sunday Lunch in the function room again for 20 of us, we had to eat quite early as the room had been let to another party at 3 pm but we were well clear by then. It was not long after this that boats started leaving including us at about 3 pm. we went up the flight in the company of Prairie Crocus, we stayed together until we reached the top of Calcutt where we said our good-byes, they were heading to Braunston and we were off to Napton. We moored for the night on the visitor mooring by the Folly pub at 6 pm. It had been a good weekend, on the Saturday night several CIBC members joined us by car and the Blue Lias had served us with over 70 hot meals without getting a singe order wrong
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