Having just got used to setting off at 9.30am we set
off at 9am today. It was my idea so that
we could get to Abingdon before lunch but I didn’t sleep after 4am worrying
that we would oversleep. Of course we
didn’t!
Up through the gentle Clifton Lock and then the
violent Culham Lock!
Abingdon was really busy as usual. We tried to moor just after the bridge but we
couldn’t get in. FL went on the town
side and just as they were mooring a boat came out of the field side so
Ferndale went in there and we breasted up.
We had just finished tying up when the boat behind FL went so Ferndale
went over there and we stayed on the field side because of Muffin. So complicated sometimes!
Richard and I walked into Abingdon to get some
shopping. I thought I would try and
download a film onto the iPad. I keep
reading that people do it so I thought I could too. Nope!
I got onto the Nat West’s free wifi and started the download – boy it
was slow! We even went into the bank but
nothing seemed to happen. We gave
up. Next it was Waitrose. Again I logged on to their wifi and walked round
doing my shopping – the green line seemed to get a little longer but it was
still only across by a third. We gave up
again and came back to the boat. Maybe I
need to be more patient – next time we will go into a pub and have a meal perhaps
that will be enough time.
While I was sat on the bank a log floated by with
three ducks having a ride and enjoying the opportunity to do some preening.
During the evening there was a knock on the boat and
there was Sue. She had walked round to
bring us a lovely newly baked loaf. I
shall look forward to that for lunch tomorrow.
Thank you Sue x
7.93 miles
2 locks
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