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Kidlington Green lock
26 miles 13 locks A long day today, 10 hours. We started at 7:15 and didn’t stop until 17:25. We even had lunch on the move. Sunrise on Wallingford church at 5:00 am It’s been hotter today than the...
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Above King’s Lock
Another early start, we had showered and breakfasted and away by 7:30 under a cloudless sky. It has been very quiet boatwise. We passed four in the morning and then none again all day. It has been very...
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Abingdon
We set off about 8:15, there were no lockies on duty until we got to Osney where we handed over £64.40 for a week’s Thames licence. On the narrow twisty section between Kings and Godstow locks we...
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Sonning
This is the new C&RT logo launched today: Chosen, aparently, because they are “repositioning the charity for wellbeing”. What utter gibberish. C&RT have completely lost sight of the fact...
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Cookham
The day started off cold and wet and not at all promising.We stopped at Shiplake lock to top up with water, and then carried on through Marsh lock and down the Henley Regatta course which was being set...
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Above Shepperton lock
22 miles and 9 locks It had been raining almost all night but stopped at around 8:00. We set off at 8:15. For most of the day it was cloudy and cold, but after we had moored up for the evening the sun...
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Wareham’s Bridge
We were expecting daughter Nikki, son in law Paul and their children to arrive at about 10:30. They called to say the M5 traffic was bad and they would be delayed, but in fact their alternative route...
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We needed to get Nikki and family back to their car by about 3 o’clock but we had plenty of time so a leisurely chug back via an abortive trip to Pryford marina (their pumpout machine was broken). We...
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Above Clitheroe’s lock
To borrow a footballing saying, today was very much a day of two halves. This morning was spent in the quiet, serene, cultural environs of Hampton Court Palace. The whole experience is very well done...
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Limehouse and Tower Bridge
No, you needn’t get excited, we didn’t do the tidal stretch out from Limehouse basin. I wouldn’t want to today with the high wind whipping up the waves. We took the tube and DLR to Limehouse,...
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