oldgregg Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I've also moored at the Mead before - It was one time when the moorings on the green were absolutely rammed (I think we may have hired in August, which I never normally do) and we knew they were likely to have space. I rang them to check if they had a table and space on the staithe and they did (we were the only boat moored there) and it was quite nice just being at the end of the garden. It's a very quiet mooring. Probably not somewhere I'd visit every time as it is a bit pricier, but I don't remember it being horrendous. More recently we've tended to head for the lock and walk to the chippie or the King's Head (bit of a walk but not so bad in the summer months). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Dear Oldgreg from Old Wussername. I remember the mill well before that dreadfull fire when we lost one of our most iconic mills. Several years later I used to moor at the lock. One had to go past a sign saying "No Hire Boats". I ignored all that and carried on, to one of my favourite places. I never ventured into the water meadows. Full of cows, heifers, and stuff with four legs. To be avoided. Every time I was on my own. Mornings were special, Church bells rang across the marshland on a Sunday morning. It was if I had been transported into a different time. A time which had not changed for many years. It has now for several reasons. I am of an age , I doubt if I will ever visit again. But tell me Mr Oldgregg. As you walk from the lock on your left you will pass through an avenue of trees. Hornbeam? Smooth bark. Grown for a purpose. Several of them. What are they? Joyce Kilmer " a poem of tree" comes to mind. Paul Robeson sang a song about a tree. Some of you are starting to nod off............ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgregg Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 21 hours ago, Wussername said: But tell me Mr Oldgregg. As you walk from the lock on your left you will pass through an avenue of trees. Hornbeam? Smooth bark. Grown for a purpose. Several of them. I'm curious now. Which set of trees are we talking about? Would they be the ones to the right of the lock gates as seen in the third picture, or those off to starboard of the pictured Bounty bathtub as one heads back towards the car park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 These ones, you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wussername Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Vaughan wins the cigar, the very ones. What are they? On reflection Oldgregg I don't think I explained very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgregg Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Those are the ones you go through if walking across the lock gates and towards the village? I seem to remember my friend who is a landscaper also commenting on them last year as we all headed for the alehouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, oldgregg said: Those are the ones you go through if walking across the lock gates and towards the village? I seem to remember my friend who is a landscaper also commenting on them last year as we all headed for the alehouse. May I call you Gregg? They are the very trees. They are magnificent. But what are they. I wonder who planted them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnut Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 They are a gorgeous line of trees. I always thought beech so therefore hornbeam would fit nicely. I’ll take more notice next time I’m there and use an ID key. No idea why they’re there though, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 They look like hornbeam to me although the alternative is beech? I think this thread has seriously drifted 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwellian Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 We took these last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colino Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Felgate has a lot for childen in the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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