First a quick addition from yesterday.  Try as he may Peter could not get the TV to work so had to watch the footie on his laptop. England WON.

Somewhat surprising to see a lighthouse for ????

A rather late start today 7:50.  We read in the books that the Evesham Lock was manned after 9:00 so we thought we would time it to get there just after 9 so it would make our life nice and easy.  We timed it beautifully but there was no-one to be seen just a notice saying that it was set to manual and was up to us.  Never mind we managed OK.  If the water was flowing swiftly we could imagine this being quite a challenging lock entry!

We arrived in Evesham at 9:50 and found a very pleasant and convenient mooring opposite Abbey Park.  There were only two other boats here with one about to leave.  As we walked into the town “Down the Hatch” arrived and Nick moored up behind us.

Our first tourist attraction was St Lawrence’s Church.  

Bishop Egwin was having a spot of bother with the locals so he decided to chain his feet together,  throw the key in the Avon River and then make a pilgrimage to Rome to seek the approval of the Pope.  While Egwin prayed before the tomb of the Apostles in Rome a servant brought him a fish they had caught in the Tiber.  While preparing the fish for supper they found the key he threw in the Avon.  So the Pope agreed Egwin must be a good’un.  He then returned to Evesham and founded the Abbey in 714.

It was such a nice day Romy decided to go and have her hair cut.

Which of the above fishy tales don’t you believe?

We had a very good lunch at the Royal Oak, re-provisioned at Aldi and returned to Oliver to catch up on blogs.  There we found Nick who introduced us to his wife Ann.