We were away just after 9am as we wanted to get a mooring at Weybridge
for a family BBQ. We didn’t say goodbye
to FL and Klara as they were going to drop off some shopping as they passed
later. (Sue was getting an Ocado order).
The river between Pyrford and Weybridge isn’t the most spectacular, its
quite urbanised and there are a lot of moored boats. Under the M25 we saw the MSC Frodsham a
replica of a Bridgewater Canal tug. The
original tugs, dating from the 1870s, were steam powered, and they were
converted to diesel in the 1920s when they were owned by the Manchester Ship
Canal Co.
Between Town Lock and Thames Lock there are some wonderful houses – not
quite St. George’s Hill but the houses there don’t have a river at the bottom
of their garden. Here are a few photos.
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| The modern |
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| The old – for sale |
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| This one is for sale complete with boat house - £3,650,000 |
Just before Thames Lock is this lovely old mill which has been
converted into flats – I would love the flat at the top with the long
walkway/balcony.
Down through Thames Lock and out onto the Thames – bye bye lovely River
Wey for another year. There was just one
space at Weybridge but it was just a bit too short for us as we overhung a
slipway which we didn’t think was a particulary good idea. I was going to ask the boat behind if he
would mind moving up but he didn’t look the type to move! He was already fed up with 60 foot of steel
coming too near his motor cruiser! But
it was our lucky day as someone moved further on so we moored up there and have
a much nicer view.
I got a message for Sue to say that the Ocado man was delayed in
traffic and that it was too late for them to move. Now the complicated bit! One of my shopping items was a bottle of
prosecco – a birthday present for my cousin’s wife. Also Sue, Andy and Roly wanted to watch the
England v Wales rugby match in Shepperton.
Sue phoned a friend who offered to pick them up and take them to
Shepperton dropping off my shopping on their way! It all worked – I got my shopping and they
got to watch the rugby. We said our
final farewells though hopefully we will catch up with them in September.
My cousin, Simon, came to pick us up and take us to their house for his
wife, Kate’s, birthday BBQ. We had a
lovely late afternoon/early evening with them and their family. Simon has a house out in Crete and a lot of
the food had a Greek influence – lovely :-) Mind you poor Kate never stopped all afternoon! Simon bought us back about 7.30ish.
4.86 miles
4 locks
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