We had just pulled away from the river bank when there was a nasty clonk
and the engine cut out. As we drifted
from one side of the river to the other Richard opened up the weed hatch and
found a small log had wedged itself in the prop! I realised that we were heading straight for
the bank and some nasty looking trees. I
rushed through the boat and managed to fend off – protecting our cratch. When I went back to the stern Richard was
wielding a monkey wrench thingy (?) but he had, in fact, managed to free the
log 😊 Last time we had “log gate” we had to call
our River and Canal Rescue to do it!
We cruised down the old river course and then did a sharp right hand
turn to go down Desborough Cut. We were
hoping to moor up at Weybridge as we were having more visitors.
The Weybridge moorings looked to be full, but we found one space at the
end and we didn’t even block the little slipway.
We got the chairs out on the bank in the shade and waited for Yvonne and
Malcolm. I used to work with Yvonne at
IBM in Bedfont and we haven’t seen each other for at least 19 years! They arrived and we sat out drinking coffee
and catching up. I can’t believe how
many “old” friends I have managed to catch up with over the last few days. Tonight it is family.
Gosh it was hot this afternoon. We turned the boat round so we could leave
the side doors open but nothing seemed to make any difference. In the end Richard allowed me to have the fan
on but that was only useful when I was sat in front of it. Outside we had no shade whatsoever.
We met up with my first cousins, Alison with Malcolm and
Simon with Kate. We went to the Minnow
which is a very short walk from the boat.
We were lucky enough to find a table under an umbrella so kept much
cooler. We didn’t leave until 11pm – the
time just sped by 😊
I am off home tomorrow for a few days to get my “Granny fix”! I’m leaving Richard and Muffin on the boat to
pootle around this area. I will be back
on Monday when normal service will be resumed!
2.17 miles
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