We had a disaster this morning.
I think I had been slightly over zealous with filling the freezer :-( I got up in the night and could hear the
freezer running and thought to myself that it was noisy and how were visitors
going to sleep through it. Anyway this
morning Richard discovered that the door was open due to the amount of food in
there and not only had the poor motor been running all night but the food was
ruined and the boat batteries were right down.
We had to dump all the food and defrost the freezer – I was so cross
with myself.
We had to stop in Staines on Thames (it was never called that when I
lived this way) and I walked over to Sainsburys and bought more food to stock
up the freezer but not quite as much as before!
We had planned to stop at Runneymede but because of our unscheduled
stop in Staines we had to forgo it. Up
through Bell Weir, Old Windsor and Romney Locks all of which were on self
service. Everyone was very organised and we managed to fill the locks, boatwise, like pros!
Windsor was very quiet with lots of moorings available, especially on
the Eton side but that could have had something to do with the fun fair being
there! However the bank has been
straightened out so there is a lot more mooring available. I’m not sure it they have dredged it
though. Last year when we came through
the Eton boat houses were undergoing building work and it is now finished and
looking very nice now (and, I bet, expensive).
We went through Boveney Lock with a lock keeper on duty! I thought we were going to be the only people in the lock but we were joined by six ducks – of course I didn’t have my camera
up at the front.
All the decent moorings above Boveney Lock were taken but we squeezed
in between two trees with the stern against a clear bit of bank. It was fine for us and Muffin loved it as he
had his oven private paddling pool! He
doesn’t swim unless he has to, he much prefers paddling and made good use of
his pool – in and out all evening.
11.84 miles
5 locks
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