Another grey morning but at least we haven’t had the dreadful rain that
over parts of the UK have had however there must have been rain further
upstream as the river was running quite fast.
As we went through Rushey Lock I said to the Lockie about the water and
he said that at about 4am on Thursday morning the heavens had opened for 45
minutes and the river had risen by ½ inch – really, I didn’t hear a thing!
We had a disturbed night with Muffin.
I had given him a hide bone yesterday and at 4am he decided it was time
to take it onto his bed which is at the bottom of our bed and chew it. Well the noise was earth shattering! OK so I exaggerate but it was loud. Richard removed one bit and came back to bed
– Muffin found another bit. Richard then
removed that bit and came back to bed – Muffin found another bit and believe it
or not he found another bit! After all
that he settled back down and went to sleep – in a huff I bet!
It is very windy (that’s wiggly not blowy!) on the last part of the
river up to Lechlade. I was sitting down
below trying to work out the best and cheapest flights to the US next
year. Daisy Chain was in front and one
minute she would be out of the left window and next the right. It was a very grey day – not the type of day
to inspire or motivate me but at least I have worked out the flights – just
need to book them now.
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| Paddleboarders and kayakers |
All the locks were manned with relatively cheery lockies – but I think
the greyness had got to them too. We had
been told conflicting stories about how busy Lechlade would be – some had said
it would be busy and others quiet. The
Lockie at St. John’s put it into perspective for us – it is busy but busy this
year has been quiet!! However when we
arrived at the moorings to get relatively near the bridge we couldn’t moor
together.
The moorings at Lechlade are renowned for cattle who just love eating
plants on the roofs of boats so all ours had to come off and be put away for
the night. The herd came to investigate
what we had but were thwarted!
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| Hm - they are a bit close! |
We went to the Swan in the town for dinner as they are dog
friendly. It’s an interesting place with
lots of vintage petrol station paraphernalia and a scull on the ceiling. The food was OK but nothing special. There were two guys in there who were doing a
giant burger challenge! They had to eat
an enormous burger and chips within an hour.
One guy gave up but the other completed his challenge but I think felt
pretty rough afterwards!
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| Inside the Swan |
12.24 miles
5 locks
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