{"id":383,"date":"2015-06-27T19:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T19:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=383"},"modified":"2015-06-27T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T19:40:30","slug":"pershore-to-george-billington-lock-via-evesham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Pershore to George Billington Lock via Evesham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s entertainment with the Pershore regatta continued this morning with more fun on the river, with the start line right next to our mooring.<\/p>\n

\"Pershore<\/a>
Pershore Regatta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had a lazy morning (well I did anyway!) and later meandered up into town to see the old abbey <\/a>and have a mosey around some of the shops. The jam doughnuts from the bakery on the high street were a definite highlight. We also liked\u00a0the wood carving in the abbey grounds and the local toy shop!<\/p>\n

\"Pershore<\/a>
Pershore Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pershore<\/a>
Pershore Abbey sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Toby's<\/a>
Toby’s lego buddy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We then set off mid-morning on a delightful sunny day up the river towards the George Billington Lock. \u00a0The old rope-ferry across the river is still in operation, and kindly dropped the rope for us to pass over it.<\/p>\n

\"Rope<\/a>
Rope ferry across the Avon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fishermen were out en-masse for a competition – we lost count but reckon there were well over a hundred of them lining one bank for ages. \u00a0I managed one single friendly wave from the whole dour bunch of them!<\/p>\n

\"Fishermen<\/a>
Fishermen studiously ignored us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After passing through Evesham we returned to the delights of the countryside<\/p>\n

\"Wier<\/a>
Wier at the old mill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Obligatory<\/a>
Obligatory selfie – whilst going round a tight bend! Compare the weather and clothing to yesterday – a marked contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

before eventually tying up just after George Billington lock, where there’s a lovely grassy bank perfect for sitting out on and enjoying a cold glass of wine with friends.<\/p>\n

\"Moored<\/a>
Moored up at George Billington lock with Casual Water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s entertainment with the Pershore regatta continued this morning with more fun on the river, with the start line right next to our mooring. We had a lazy morning (well I did anyway!) and later meandered up into town to see the old abbey and have a mosey around some of the shops. The jam … Continue reading Pershore to George Billington Lock via Evesham<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-llangollen2015"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-6b","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}