A Family Visit.

Sunday 25th August 2019 in Boston.
Gosh, it was hot today!
Emma's parents live in nearby Spalding and some time ago we had arranged to meet them in Boston. Roger and Diana arrived mid-morning and we had time for coffee and a chat with them on MM before setting off to meet up with Charles, Emma, Penny and Minnie who had driven up from London for the weekend.
As we were setting off, our neighbour's dog lost his ball in the river. R to the rescue! - he used the long pole to push it back to the bank so it could be retrieved.

Roger had booked us all into the Goodbarns Yard pub for lunch.

As we approached the pub, we met C, E, P & M on the street - perfect timing! The lunch was excellent and it was great to catch up with everyone.

Afterwards, we had a leisurely wander around town. Unfortunately, St Botolph's and the Stump was closed - rather strange on a Bank Holiday weekend.
Why is it that birds can't resist perching on the head of a notable figure?

By now, the afternoon was very hot so we went to the Witham Inn, which advertised Wall's Ice Cream but sadly it was sold out! R and Charles walked back up to the "Boston Lock Café" to see if they had any ice cream. They didn't sell ice cream but they had been given a box of mini Magnums (M says the plural really should be "Magna"!) for the staff and, bless them, they sold it to us!
The least we could do was to go back to the "Boston Lock Café" for afternoon tea, and very good it was too - including excellent and very refreshing home made lemonade.

M has been going on about wanting to cross The Wash on MM (a non trivial operation says R - who would have to organise it), so we were very interested to see the "Grand Sluice" gates open and a fleet of a dozen large cruisers come off The Wash and in to the non-tidal Witham. Note: no narrowboats! We have found out about pilots for the crossing, so it is something that we might contemplate for the future - but not this year.
Later, we walked back to MM where the girls enjoyed their colouring...

While Mum and Dad relaxed in the warm (hot!) sunshine.

A final group photograph before they all set off for Spalding, where they are staying for the night.

A really super day, it was so nice to see them all.
Today: MM had a rest.