06.05.05
On the river Avon
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Woke up this morning and had a cereal and raspberry breakfast with Teresa. We then went out for a walk about town and to the suspension bridge over the gorge. From there we walked down into town and eventually took a bus into the old part of town (we would have walked further but it had been raining for a while). I realized on the bus that this was the first time in my life I have been aboard a double decker bus and I am glad it was on a city and not a tour bus. Downtown we went to an outdoor food fair which was badly soaked and got some lamb samosas, vegetable pakoras and chicken curry from an Indian booth which we ate at the local shopping mall.
A quick walk down to Queen Square and into the tourist area (not very big, Bristol does not have a large tourist trade) brought us to the docks and the start of the Pirate Walk. The Pirate walk is led by Pirate Pete who must be the most dedicated and knowledgeable pirate I have met to date. Pirate Pete has a real love for pirate history and Bristol history and has researched his stories through the records. Pirate Pete took a few of us adults and a pack of Brownies on a nice tour that included the pubs where Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe were written as well as the house were Black Beard lived.
