It is so nice to have a spell of fine weather at last even though I am suffering from man flue! This morning, Wednesday, we left our mooring at Hopwas and cruised down to Fazeley Mill Marina where we were taking part in a charitable cruise for servicemen injured on duty. The day was organised by Corrinne who manages the marina. Corrinne is actively involved in http://www.purplesalute.org/ a non profit making organisation giving the ordinary people of this country a different way of helping servicemen of all kinds. On our arrival a minibus had already arrived from the Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, with three servicemen, Ally, Jim and Mike, together with an entourage of medics, nurses, and physiotherapists (these were also members of the armed forces) Three boats took part in the cruise, n.b. DIGITALIS (http://www.digitalis.org.uk/) , n.b. THE BLESSED BEE who may or may not have a website, and of course GUELROSE. We all set off in fine weather and cruised along the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal for about a hour as far as Kingsbury Water Park, where we winded and then moored up for a while, giving everyone a good chance to see the myriad of water birds on the lakes. Unfortunately one of our visitors was in a wheelchair and was not able to get off of the towpath to take in the views, a section of towpath having been washed away in the recent rains.
After a while we all set off on the return trip and just to make it all better the sun shone. Once back at the marina our visitors were transported to the Three Tuns pub in Fazeley, where the landlady, an active supported of The Purple Salute, lad on an excellent buffet. After a couple of drinks it was time for our visitors to board their transport and set off back to the hospital.
I am in no doubt that all involved, including the boat crews, had a very enjoyable day out. Our thank must go to Corrinne for organising the event.
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