Such a fun start to a day! Woke up to find that the toilet was blocked.. Macerator is running, but nothing is going away. We have this sometimes when there is an air lock, but usually a little persuasion (and patience) allows the water to get to the blades of the macerator and the air […]
A good few hours today, before needing to stop off for meetings and other worky bits. Set off from Woolhampton and got to the first lock – there we met up with a couple (cant remember their names – sorry) aboard “Meandering Mo”. They had just got up through the lock and stated they were […]
After over-nighting at the water point between the lock and the swing bridge, set off early-ish this morning as we needed to get nearer to a shop to get some supplies in. CC got the lock ready and we lent through. A gentle cruise past a marina, round a few sharp corners, and a fallen […]
Were off and moving again! After a nice week with a car park, no shops within sensible walking distance.. and a pile driver (Mon-Fri 9-5) its time to move on. Lots of goslings around this time of year.. These anxious parents got everyone out of the water when we were approaching, and only let them […]
A bit late on this update.. We moved the boat away from the centre of Reading on the 29th. There were warnings of rain, and they proved to be correct 🙂 Didn’t worry too much though as this was the last stretch of river for a while, so rain and floods should not be a […]
Its been a long day today.. and both the boat and myself are feeling it! After arriving at Marlow.. we joined the attraction sect, lots of people walking past this very popular spot, a few stopped to take photos of the cats, the dogs.. Anna’s garden on the roof! Several conversations later we managed to […]
After a lot of thundery torrential rain – went out and found that the water levels hadn’t changed that much, and constantly getting up and checking the lines was a waste! (But better to be safe I suppose!) Set off from the £8 a day mooring ( no one came past to ask for the […]
Well.. an interesting start to the day.. the warnings of shallow water were proven – as the water level dropped last night, and we were grounded out. So much so that Suggs could not walk from one side of the boat to the other without sliding back again.. to our amusement and to his total […]
Work up yesterday.. found that there was a gap big enough for us.. so we untied from next to James’ boat and moved back to take up a slot on the bank.. and then spend the day not going anywhere and reducing the washing pile! Woke early to get a good head start on the […]
Early-ish start today as we needed to get somewhere where we could get some supplies in as were running short of food (and milk – and it’s a very grumpy Keith when he doesn’t have milk for his coffee in the morning!) There are some very nice “country estates” this way.. And some that were […]
After a good 3 days on a mooring that was “not a mooring”.. time to move on. After the footfall and boats from the weekend, yesterday was like a ghost town.. No boats.. No people.. So we risked another day and decided to move on Tuesday. Loads of friends over on Sunday – towpath overtaken […]
Needed to get a pump out today – so back to Molesey lock as they have a pump out station. The pump out charge on the Thames is still £10.. a very good price – and possibly still not enough to cover the maintenance of the machines – but I’m not going to complain (between […]
Left Hampton Court.. and the rowdy boat behind.. which made for a fun day.. not! Arrived at Moelsey lock – and to CC’s joy.. the lock was on self service – no lock keeper as he was checking the weir over. Got through the lock, and pulled up to fill the water tank once more, […]
Yep.. Were back in Hampton Court again 🙂 and its a much better day today (Anna must be in a better mood – the suns out!). Everything was finished in Kingston, so were good to leave and keep going this time. There are some nice cruisers between Kingston and Hampton Court.. would I want one.. […]
A grey and windy day in Kingston today. We left the mooring in West Molesey after trying to assist Rob ( moored up with us in Moelsey yesterday ) with a dead engine battery on a boat he’s only had for a week! – unfortunately, the jump leads he had were not long enough to […]