I woke up with no toothache but it didn’t take long
for it to start up again. Fortunately,
it hasn’t been keeping me awake at night.
As we left Windsor I took the obligatory photos of
Windsor Castle and also saw this little house opposite with a floating garden
extension complete with hammock!
We went through Romney Lock but when we got to Old
Windsor Lock it was on self-service. The
lock was full but there were two boats waiting to come up so they decided to
empty the lock even though they could see we had arrived and could easily go
through. I said wouldn’t it make more
sense to let us through as the lock was full – oh yes, we didn’t think about
that was the reply!!
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| Bell Weir Lock Cottage |
The locks kept on coming and my toothache got
worse. Thankfully Shepperton Lock was
our last and we really wanted to get onto Manor Park as the dentist is only a
short walk from here – there were just two places left and we only need one :-)
I fiddled around just waiting for my appointment
time. I was in the dentist 10 minutes
early and they were ready for me. Into
the chair and, to cut a long story short, I had the nerves taken out of the
tooth, antibiotic stuffed down the hole and then a temporary filling put
in. That took almost an hour. I’ve now got penicillin to take and I’ve got
to go back for another hour’s session on Monday :-( I will then
need to get the tooth crowned at some stage.
I’m £142.50 down so far!
Back to the boat with a very frozen mouth but no
pain – wonderful :-) I tried a coolish cup of tea which went down
a treat. I hadn’t eaten or really drunk
anything since I gave up on my porridge this morning. As the mouth started to thaw there was still
no pain. I had a banana sandwich for
dinner with the crusts cut off – it was heaven!
15.33 miles
6 locks
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