A trip on the Warwickshire Avon

The Narrow Boat ‘Cloward’s Way’ has made several trips to Stratford-on-Avon (you can read a fuller accounts of these journeys on the Elaton web site). The pictures shown below, which were taken during August 2004 and 2005, give some idea of the beauty and interest to be found when cruising on the River Avon between Tewkesbury, where it joins the River Severn (which is Britain’s longest River) and Stratford. ‘Afon’ is the old British word for ‘river’ but it has become the English name for two tributaries of the River Severn. The other joins the Estuary at Bristol within a Local Authority now known as ‘Bristol and Avon District’ so this one is sometimes called the ‘Warwickshire Avon’.

Tewkesbury Abbey, near the river mouth	John Lakin, the Captain of ‘Cloward’s Way’ at the tiller
Narrow boats passing ‘port to port’	Living the ‘solar lifestyle’ by the riverside
One of the lock on the ‘Lower Avon’	The Captain and his crew drink a toast
A Dragon Boat racing	Cloward’s Way entering Evesham
The moorings at Evesham	The lock above Evesham that marks the boundary between the lower and upper reaches of the River
Water lilies on the river	Cattle grazing at the margins of the river bank
One of a number of interesting old bridges crossing the river	Rowing boats for hire at Stratford
People feeding the swans and geese by the entrance of the lock into the basin at Stratford	Shakespeare’s birthplace
The Mulberry Tree said to be descended from one planted by Shakespeare, the ‘Bard of Stratford’	The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (home of the RSC), which overlooks the River at Stratford

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