Wednesday 25th July, 2012 at Honeystreet
After an absence of two weeks, we returned to MM at her temporary mooring at Honeystreet. Having left on 11th July in cold and driving rain, we returned in blazing sunshine and temperatures of 29deg, exactly two months to the day since we had set off from Pyrford in similarly hot conditions. We arrived at Pewsey Railway Station looking like two homeless people with all our possessions in carrier bags!
Honeystreet is a picturesque as its name.
The marina is one of the prettiest and best kept that we have seen, with beautiful gardens and views to the chalk downs and one of the famous white horses.
In the evening, we walked along the towpath to the nearby Barge Inn, which is well know in the area, as it is run as a local community co-operative. It was very busy and after supper we sat outside next to a family from the Netherlands, who had come to look at the crop circles. This is a very popular area for UFO watchers and for crop circle enthusiasts who come from all over Europe. They showed us some very intricate crop circle designs that are extraordinary in their complexity and variety. They were convinced that the origin of the circles was supernatural although later, when talking to the marina owners about it, they casually remarked that one of the best 'aliens' had recently died in the neighbouring village!
As we stayed overnight at Honeystreet we did no miles and no locks!
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