Last nights moorings were very quiet, the only other boat moored there when we arrived left when he had finished playing with his drone. As you can see its a nice firm bank and the grass is mown short.
As we chugged upstream we passed this style on the Thames Path, I wonder how many people a year climb over it, I would, just because its there.
The river was really busy today, we met 15 canoes in 4 lots and 4 Stand up paddle boarders, known as SUPs in 2 lots. Still it gave the two lock keepers we saw something to do.
The EA now only give visiting boaters one visitor registration to display, ours is in the port porthole, both lock keepers were on the opposite side, so basically our licence hasn’t been checked yet since it was issued, maybe I shouldn’t have bothered.
It obviously is quite exposed on this end of the Thames being wide open for miles. The wind has certainly had an effect on this tree by the look of things.
We heard our first Cuckoo of the season and I think I actually saw it, but can’t guarantee that.
Yesterday afternoon I rang The Trout Inn at Tadpole Bridge to book a mooring and a table. The young lady I spoke to informed me that there moorings are now in bit of a state, but if we were happy to use them we were welcome at our own risk, so as we weren’t sure we could stop I didn’t book the table. We arrived at The Trout at lunchtime and the first 55foot is still very usable so I slid in backwards under the overhanging willow tree. The stern is made fast and although I don’t like it so is the centre line. Hopefully this will remove all strain from the bow line which is not in such good ground.
The moorings are just below Tadpole Bridge and the flow eddies just in front of the pub, so what little drag there is is actually pulling the stern line and not as expected, when mooring facing up stream the bow line.
Today’s Journey
9½ miles with 2 locks in 3¼ miles
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