The Ashby Trip newsletter

Number 2

Summer has arrived!   

Yes at last summer is here, the sun is shining the sky is blue with pretty fluffy clouds, a gentle breeze  blowing and all is well in the world! Well --- we can sit by the canal for a bit and dream can’t we? Sometimes it’s so idyllic by the canal side you just forget your troubles for a time. Anyway back to reality! Actually things aren’t too bad at Cafe Wharfside, the sunny weather is keeping us busy with customers, and the gardens are looking lovely. There is an almost constant parade of boats going by to watch, so I assume that boating holidays are even more popular than ever. The only problem that I can foresee is a possible water shortage on the canal. Already Will is saying that the bottom is getting to close to the top! He’s struggling to get Bosworth lady off the bottom when she’s carrying a lot of people It’s OK in the middle of the canal the problem is getting in and out of her mooring and turning round. Hopefully if the situation worsens British Waterways will begin to back pump at Atherstone Locks.

Sunday lunch on Rose

Sunday lunches on board Rose are fairly well booked though to the end of September but if you fancy a three hour cruise with a traditional three course Sunday lunch including a glass of wine and coffee for £22.24,children up to 12years old £4.99,then it’s worth trying to book because there is still some seats available. By the way we only do Sunday lunches on a Sunday! Don’t ask! ---You’d be surprised

Because it’ the week-end

On Friday and Saturday nights during the summer we are staying open to 9.00pm, with pretty much the same menu running except we’ve added fish and chips, steak and chips, sausage and chips etc. Nothing that’s “fine dining”, we thought there enough places trying to do that round about, some very good and others close by if you get my drift, but we just reckoned if it’s a nice evening and you want to go somewhere pleasant have a walk maybe, a drink something to eat, then hopefully you’ll come to us.

Sundae not just on a Sunday

We decided because it’s summer and because we tried it and thought it yummy to add a range of ice-cream sundaes to our menu. Very mid 20^th century, banana split, Peach Melba, and all that. The ice-cream comes from Marshfield farm and it’s organic, it really is lovely! Ice-cream sundaes may be all very retro but guess what; they still taste as good as they ever did!

Rosebud the shark

Just a reminder to say that Rosebud is running 40minute trips every week-end with Captain Pete in charge so anything could happen. No booking just turn up, first trip 11.15am each day. School holidays are only a few weeks away and Rosebud will be running every day. Pete won’t be running every day during the holidays as he needs his days off to rest.

The Bosworth passport

In conjunction with Bosworth Battlefield and The Battlefield Line Railway, we are running a promotion called

The Bosworth Passport the idea is that once you have paid full price at  one of the attractions and had your “passport” stamped you then get a reduction on entrance into the other two. You don’t have to visit all three places all in one day; in fact the passports are valued until 1^st September, so come back and enjoy more great days out for less this summer!

Just for you

Because we think the ice-creams lovely and to encourage you to visit us we would like to give you a voucher worth 50% off the price of an ice-cream sundae when you spend £5.00 on other food. This will be redeemable until the 1^st September.

Enjoy the summer!