This year’s annual Aldbury Morris outing was to Bath
and its surrounding environs. We all met at the lovely Griffin Inn for a few drinks and music and
singing.
The next day was going to be a hot one and we were
concerned about the welfare of the dancers but they started at a good pace as
we travelled around the town from dance spot to dance spot (otherwise now as
pubs to the layman) until we ended up at the river where we boarded a suitable
vessel for the trip upstream. At Bathampton we disembarked and made our way to
the George Inn where lunch was provided and the side danced some more before we
returned via the river and had some time off before our dinner that evening.
The following day we had some time in the morning
before we were to meet at The Cross Guns at the picturesque hamlet of Avoncliff
where the river, canal, railway and road meet in a pretty little valley.
Sue and I walked along the canal towpath for a while
until we come to a large tithe barn with a few quaint shops and had an
ice-lolly as we watched families and canoeists messing about in the river. We
walked back through the fields briefly harassed be sheep until we returned to
the pub where there was another few dances performed before lunch and we
dispersed on our way home.
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