We had a nice lazy morning though there was a knock at 9am by a chap
collecting our mooring fees. This is the
first time we have been charged on the Thames this year so we aren’t
complaining about £4.
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| The view from the side hatch |
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| Halfpenny Bridge |
We wandered into Lechlade for a newspaper and a visit to the Christmas
Shop. I purposely hadn’t taken my credit
card but persuaded Richard to spend £11.85.
With having a new house I will have to think about how to decorate it
for Christmas especially as it seems to be my turn to have everyone :-)
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| The Christmas Shop |
To
get into Lechlade we had to cross over Halfpenny Bridge built in 1792 and so
called because of the toll charged for pedestrians to cross it. The toll was done away with in 1839.
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| Muffin enjoying a game of "noseball" |
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| The Round House at Inglesham Junction |
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| Junction with the Thames and Severn Canal |
Before we set off back down river we all jumped about Daisy Chain and
headed up to wind at Inglesham Junction which really is the very top of the
navigable Thames. Daisy is only 45 feet
long and Steve reckoned that he could wind her up there which he did with only
grounding once!
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| Halfpenny Bridge going upstream |
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| ... and downstream |
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Cotswold
Canals Trust Volunteers classic Thames River Launch Inglesham
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We then set off for a 2.5 hour cruise down river stopping just below Radcot Lock at Old Man’s Bridge
I forgot to say yesterday that we had done the Thames from Limehouse to
Lechlade which is 144 miles and 47 locks and it took us 10 days – Canalplan say
we could have done it in 9 working on 5 hours a day so it wasn’t THAT fast!
6.24 miles
3 locks
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