Saturday 24th August
I needn’t worry about catching Sue and Andy’s early mornings – it was
quite late when we finally came to but as we weren’t going anywhere it didn’t
really matter.
The weather forecasters had said it would be a hot weekend and they were
right. There aren’t many moorings under
trees but fortunately there was a nice breeze which blew through the boat and
cooled her down. The highest it got
inside was 28°.
We set up camp outside with chairs, tables and sun umbrellas. At one stage a family walked across the field
and the man came up to us and asked us if we were enjoying it here! I thought it rather odd then found out that
he is the landowner! He said that he
doesn’t mind people mooring here but only for two days but he was quite happy
for us to stay longer – this was after he had asked us where we were from. He obviously realised that we aren’t
continuous moorers, so we were OK.
Sue from No Problem XL walked down with the dogs. She stopped for a chat with us and with Sue
and Andy. They are moored under trees so
had decided not to come and join us. They
haven’t got the breeze though.
Behind us is, what looks a lovely place to moor, but it has big No
Mooring signs. A hire boat with 6 young
men on moored up right next to the sign!
They had a great time jumping into the river and swimming around – I’m not
too sure I would want to do it as the water looks pretty mucky!
The river has been busy today but mainly with small boats and canoes –
oh and two paddle boards complete with a dog on each! There are quite a few canoes now with
electric motors which you can’t see. The Thames Path has also been busy with
cheerful people nearly all ready to say hello.
Muffin had his cool jacket on. He
is funny when it first goes on as he stands there giving us “the look” but soon
realises that it makes him feel nicer.
Sue and Andy came up to join us after the rugby had finished – by that
time it had cooled down a lot and it was very pleasant sitting on the
riverbank.
We had drinks on the terrace again early evening before retiring into
our boats for dinner.
Sunday 25th August
Another day of doing nothing. Sue
and Andy went for a walk round Farmoor Reservoir – too much for me on such a
hot day.
Sue (No Problem) came down to see us but she arrived saying that a sheep
was stuck in the mud and could Richard and Andy please rescue it. Andy grabbed a rope and off we trotted. The poor sheep was well and truly stuck, and
it took three people to pull her out.
Once out she just lay there – I guess she was exhausted as no doubt she
had been struggling to get out in the heat.
Eventually Sue got one of her dogs to gently walk near the sheep and
that got her up and off to join her friends in the shade. Sue did the visiting rounds and then walked
back to No Problem however she found another stuck sheep so off went the Rescue
Team to do their bit again!
It was certainly hotter today then yesterday - 30°+ so we sat outside
under the sun umbrellas. I was using my
iPad when suddenly across the screen came a red EMERGENCY followed by this iPad
is too hot and will shut down until cool!
I have to say that it was in the direct sunshine.
The Thames Path was a lot quieter today with very few families. The river was also quiet which was a shame.
The sheep just seemed to spend the whole afternoon baa-ing! We got used to it in the end, but it was
pretty much constant. Goodness knows
what was going on. Some of the sheep in
our field came quite close and I could see a magpie having a ride on one of
them.
It was drinks on the terrace again then dinner and Poldark – I can’t
believe there is only going to be one more episode ☹
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