We went for a walk up into Shepperton this morning. (I used the photos I took for yesterday’s
blog!). It doesn’t appear to me to have
changed that much in the 14 years I have been away and even the amount of
charity shops seems to have diminished.
We had coffee by the Nat West bank – I say that because for the life of
me I can’t remember what the shop used to be!
Muffin had an all over shower this morning – the doggy smell was
becoming a bit too much! Richard has
made gates for either end of the boat so Muffin can’t escape but he hadn’t put
the one up at the front so Muffin escaped.
We enticed him back on board (he knew what was happening) and I herded
him up to the bathroom and he very reluctantly just walked into the shower – he
is a good boy sometimes!
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| Manor House, Shepperton |
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| Church Square, Shepperton |
We left our moorings after lunch and passed the lovely Shepperton Manor
House and Church Square. We stopped
below Shepperton Lock to avail ourselves of the services and then moved on to
the River Wey. We filled with water and
then went through Thames Lock and paid our dues. We were able to get a transit licence to go
down to the Basingstoke Canal and then buy a River Wey licence for when we come
off the canal – I had been worried that we would have to pay for the Wey even
though we weren’t using it.
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| Coxes Mill and Lock |
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| Strange goose and her brood |
We had three locks to go up before the turning to the Basingstoke
Canal. You go under the M25 and then
just before the railway bridge there is a turning – very odd! As we approached Woodham Bottom Lock we saw
two boats moored up – the back one being Ewn na Cul. Gordon appeared from the engine hole followed
shortly by Dot – no she hadn’t been down the engine hole but couldn’t get out
of the boat because the floor was up! We
put our chairs in the trees and had a cup of tea which soon turned into a
bottle of wine or several! No dinner
just crisps, cheese and sandwiches!
3.83 miles
4 locks
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