We had a few problems before we finally made it to the Ferryman in Bablock Hythe.
We met a couple coming the other way just as we had to leave the river briefly at Pinkhill. They told us they had found it difficult to find the way after Pinkhill Lock as the path was not next to the river but through fields and it was raining when they went through. Well what do you know when we reached the tricky bit it was raining too so our book with the directions was wet, we couldn't understand them, the signs were vague or non-existent and our feet were getting wet from walking through fields with long grass. We came to the back of a caravan park (the one you can see in the distance on the photo) and we knew the pub was near a caravan park but we couldn't find a way through.
We finally came to a field with horses in and we could see a road on the other side so we braved the horses and as we came out of the field we met one of the stable-workers. She told us the way - back through the field we had come through! Catherine asked if the horses would give us any trouble and she said she didn't know about the chestnut one as it had only arrived today. Back we went through the field trying to avoid the chestnut horse which of course decided to follow us. We were gald to get out and shut the gate. Finally we saw the pub and as it was about 2.30 and the pub didn't close, according to our book until 3, we went in to get a sandwich or something only to find that they had stopped serving food at 2!
Well this is definitely a challenge!
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