Heading back down

[boatone]

Bit breezy but otherwise a gloriously sunny end of day at Henley after a good run down today from Chez Byron.
That nice Mr Gates was walking the Thames path and watched us through Goring lock as he crossed the bridge.
Bit of a wait at Mapledurham for some odd reason - don't suppose it had anything to do with a couple of Inspectors working the lock

Have to say almost everyone seems to be going too fast

 

[oldgit]

Glad things all going OK and no alarms going off or being used as target practice for other boats.speaking to new member of the club on friday,he has got a Hardy 21 ?


Bit bored so went out for couple of hours today,exploring a creek or two.

Need another couple of feet of water before going across this bar marked by the beacon

 

[Brayman]

Bit breezy but otherwise a gloriously sunny end of day at Henley after a good run down today from Chez Byron.
That nice Mr Gates was walking the Thames path and watched us through Goring lock as he crossed the bridge.
Bit of a wait at Mapledurham for some odd reason - don't suppose it had anything to do with a couple of Inspectors working the lock

Have to say almost everyone seems to be going too fast

Nothing to do with the inspectors, when we got to the lock an hour or so ahead of you, there was a massive double width liveaboard filling up with water, he admitted he had been there for 2½ hours. You know the water point is in the middle of the lay-by, so others coming down stream were in a bit of a mess, especially as some were also pumping out and others waiting. We saw room ahead on the lay-by and took position at the front, followed by a vintage boat (Amalfi), when the lock opened a load of rental canoeists took forever to get out of the lock and when we went in the liveaboard also decided to enter, ahead of Amalfi, that leaving very little room for more than one other boat. It was now 1pm and the inspectors arrived as the lockie went to lunch, they to be faced with the melee above the lock, with loads of boats coming down from Pangbourne, sounds like you joined them.

 

[ianc1200]

Ian, Amalfi vintage? The owner Jan will be pleased, Amalfi is a Colvic 26' (ie plastic); Jan is still a member of the Thames Vintage Boat Club having owned the pre-war Knave of Hearts previously. We filled up twice the last week at Mapleduram using a big container, but a third time a large widebeam narrowboat had fitted a hose and had fixed a handwritten note "please pass filling" causing a queue either side disrupting the lock queue, sounds a similar situation as you describe (this was the beginning of last week).

 

[Brayman]

Ian, Amalfi vintage? The owner Jan will be pleased, Amalfi is a Colvic 26' (ie plastic); Jan is still a member of the Thames Vintage Boat Club having owned the pre-war Knave of Hearts previously. We filled up twice the last week at Mapleduram using a big container, but a third time a large widebeam narrowboat had fitted a hose and had fixed a handwritten note "please pass filling" causing a queue either side disrupting the lock queue, sounds a similar situation as you describe (this was the beginning of last week).

I only said vintage because she said she was a member of the Thames Vintage Boat Club and had been up with the Swan Uppers during the week - it certainly doesn't look plastic!

Yes, indeed, sounds all to familiar at Mapledurham!