Back to Lapworth

With good luck, and a following wind, we should be back at our moorings (or the boatyard!) Lapworth is home to the pub that I think I've photographed more times than any other - the Navigation Inn (actually in Rowington, but who's counting!) A few weeks ago I found a picture of the Navigation from 1915 and have been back to try and recreate the same view today - I hope you like the result (below)!

Your Friday questions are: -

1. Which author, born today in 1885, wrote "Lady Chatterley's Lover"?
   
   
2. Bashar al-Assad (right) was born today in 1965 and is President of which Middle Eastern country?

   
   
3. What everyday item was used in the murder of dissident Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov who died today in 1978?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Switzerland; 2. Mr Darcy; 3. Karl Lagerfeld

Back to Lapworth

It's a day's trip back from Birmingham to Lapworth along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and the Stratford Canal! A very pleasant trip with only 11 locks at the very end of the journey (and a couple of lift bridges). If we are back in time, we will be heading back to Brum for an evening in the Country Girl and a balti at Yasser's. If we're later, it'll be the Navigation Inn or The Boot in Lapworth!

Your Friday teasers are: -

1. What were the first names of influential English writer GK Chesterton who was born today in 1874?
   
   
2. Which actress, and wife of Warren Beatty (right), was born today in 1958?
   
   
3. Brian Kidd scored for which club in the European Cup Final on his 19th birthday today in 1968?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"; 2. Eleven; 3. "The Last Supper"

Turnaround & Back to Base at Lapworth

After lunch in Stratford we start the journey back up towards Lapworth. This evening we'll be in the Navigation Inn (below) at Wootton Wawen.

Easter Sunday is here and so are your posers: -

1. Which US President died in office today in 1945?

   
   
2. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (right) was the first man to orbit the Earth today in 1961 in which spacecraft?
   
   
3. Today in 1988, Harvard University was awarded the first patent for a life form. What type of animal was it?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Adolph Eichmann; 2. "Cabaret"; 3. Marcello Lippi

Setting Off for Stratford

By the time you read this I'll be on the way to Stratford-upon-Avon on board the good ship (narrowboat) Emma Jane! We will have had our lunch in the Navigation Inn (below) and be heading towards Preston Bagot.Good Friday's posers for you: -

1. Who wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby" that was first published today in 1925?

   
   
2. Actor Steven Seagal (right), who was born today in 1951, played which character in the "Under Siege" movies?
   
   
3. Which ship left Southampton on its first and final voyage today in 1912?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Kamikaze; 2. Canadian; 3. Isambard Kingdom Brunel