A leisurely start then a couple of miles up the river to Send as we
were meeting Richard’s step-mother, Susan and her partner John for lunch at the
New Inn.
We went up through Papercourt Lock – I love that name. According to the National Trust Papercourt
Lock “is one of the prettiest and most remote locks on the waterway, it has a
large tumbling bay to cope with the overspill water. The lock was built in 1766
and then moved to the present location in the 1780s, though why it was moved is
a mystery. The nearby meadows and pools are important for wildlife, especially
waterfowl.” It certainly is pretty.
Papercourt Lock |
I was doing some ironing on the way and just finished as we came under
Cart Bridge. We were able to moor up
right outside the New Inn – the grass had even been mown for us! There was only one other boat outside unlike
the Anchor at Pyrford yesterday where all the mooring was taken.
Outside the New Inn at Send |
I had booked a table inside the pub as the weather forecast for
lunchtime wasn’t good. We met Susan and
John as we walked into the pub – good timing – though I had to go back to Mary
H with gifts from Susan’s garden :-) We
had an excellent meal and the service was good too – dogs are also
welcome. We then hopped back on Mary H
and took Susan and John, along with their dog Zara, up the river through Triggs
Lock then winded by Sutton Place, the home of the late J. Paul Getty, who was
once the world's richest private citizen - he chose to spend the last 17 years
of his life there. Its current owner is the Russian billionaire Alisher
Usmanov. It was then back down past the
New Inn for a mile, winded again and moored up at the pub. After a cup of tea on the bank Susan and John
left us and we moved on up the river to a nice spot we had seen earlier. I didn’t have to cook as we had had a lovely
lunch :-)
John, Susan and Richard |
I was trying to take a photo of Zara and guess who just had to get in the photo!! |
1 lock
Plus our going nowhere trip!
6.52 mile
2 locks
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