Visiting Stratford upon Avons with swans, locks and Bottom
I love visiting Stratford-upon-Avon whether it’s just for a quick mooch round the shops, or spending time walking along the river. Â Plus of course, there’s the history if you can avoid the tourists.
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I needed to pop to Lakeland, so decided Stratford would be a good option to keep N entertained amongst the need for some shopping.
We bought some of the £1 a box duck food and wandered over the bridges to feed the ducks and swans. N loves seeing them all swim up to grab the food, and now he can throw it a bit further, it means fewer swans trying to gobble at his feet.
After feeding the swans, we lucked out with our timings as a narrow boat was just coming into the lock. N really enjoyed watching it – I thought he’d have got a bit bored standing and watching the water fill up the lock, but he loved it. We also spotted a duck with its ducklings. One even drifted into the lock and was quacking away trying to find its mum – thankfully once the lock was opened, it swam straight back and they were reunited.
It was hard to drag N away from the ‘boats’ – he was really taken with them, but we had jobs to do so he had to satisfy himself with having seen one go through the lock. Â Maybe in future I’ll have to take him to watch them in town, although it’s not as pleasant a setting.
What do you enjoying visiting in Stratford-upon-Avon?