Daily Stroll

Regular readers may get the impression I'm obsessed with the river but in reality there aren't a lot of places in Boston where you can get a 40-45 minute lunchtime stroll without doubling back on yourself.

Here there are two distinct sections to the River Witham. There's the non tidal bit which has been considerably enhanced by the Water Rail Way combined footpath and cycleway. There's also a country park. The other part is called The Haven and this is the tidal bit.

Before you say to yourself, they're a funny old lot in Boston calling the Witham the Haven there really was a River Haven at one time and the two got merged, presumably when the river was repositioned for navigation and drainage purposes. Anyway they call the River Thames the Isis in Oxford so what's good enough for them is good enough for us.

Todays picture is some of the boats moored up at the fishermans wharf, there's a fishmonger down here and judging by some of the houses it was considerably grander at one time than it is now.

I've met one or two of the fishermen over the time I've been here, they're good solid blokes, the salt of the earth or should that be the sea?