Beer & Curry Night

Once we had arrived at Gas Street Basin and moored up, there was lots for us to do.

Firstly we did an on paw exploration of the area. Lots of different canals and branch lines come together in the area and provide a wealth of interest to a canal anorak like me. If you're not such a canal anorak, there are loads of bars to keep you entertained, as Chelmer and some others of my crew discovered.


As you can see from my picture, the area has been well developed and the canal system is key to the success of the area as a recreational zone. The distances to the various areas of interest are nearly all in metres, not miles, so you don't have to walk too far to see lots of interesting history.


The other 'must do' activity (after sampling a few beers in the waterside bars) was to sample a curry. Birmingham is the curry capital of Britain, after all. As you can see, Yorkie lived up to his nickname of 'Piranha' and made short work of a naan bread that was a lot bigger than he was.

Lots of love Eddie, George, Yorkie & Co xxx

Admiring the Saris

Catching up on more than a few years worth of news made us very hungry. Before we could go off for a celebratory meal though, there were two other pleasant tasks to perform. Firstly, Ted took us round the University to see all the old familiar sights and some new additions. It was strange driving round the campus as in our student days we didn't have a car and so walked everywhere.

Secondly we drove down to Leicester to pick up another of our minder's friends, again not seen for many years, from her workplace. Being in Leicester the pull of an authentic Indian restaurant was impossible to resist and boy were we spoiled for choice as we strolled alaong the delightfully Indian, Melton Road. We were particularly fascinated by the clothes shops whose windows were so full of exotic, colourful and glittering saris that we almost regretted being male bears and therefore denied the opportunity of trying one on! In the end we chose a Gujerati vegetarian restaurant to eat in.


We congratulated Ted on his excellent choice of restaurant as we tucked into a wonderful Thali meal. There were so many different dishes to try and it reminded us very much of our great Indian holiday.

The only sad part of the evening was saying goodbye to Ted and friends. We hope they will come and visit in the summer as we all agreed we mustn't leave it so long next time.

Lots of love Ungi, Dessie, Black Doggy, Chelmer, George & Yorkie xxx