holiday cruise pics

[thamesS23]

thought I would post some pics from our recent holiday trip from Bray to Abingdon and back.

overnight at Wargrave

next day headed upstream, just as the the week of hot weather started.

passing through Sonning

'luxury' house boat at Reading!

Caversham Bridge

Next night spent at Goring - nice dutch boat moored up behind us.

Heading out of Goring lock

Anchored up above Benson for lunch

The George Hotel in Dorchester on Thames - very nice pub and great food.

Lovely summers evening moored up at Dorchester.

not a cloud to be seen

Culham lock

Abingdon - Moored up for the evening at the lock

 

[thamesS23]

Dropped anchor the next day beside Abingdon marina in the big lake.

Next overnight stop was Cifton Hampden

Next mooring was Pangbourne

Heading further downstream

Saw this at Reading - the crew were being filmed.

Black swans at Sonning Lock

Was quite busy at Sonning

Someone moored at the French Horn

In the evening at Sonning - Boats on the other side of the river bank had the light pollution from Uri Gellars house lighting them up.

Sunken boat just above Marsh lock

 

[watson1959]

Great pics : looks like you had a fantastic week.

Recognised your boat name so must have passed somewhere between Sonning and Henley last week

 

[thamesS23]

thinking about it now, I think you did pass us when we moored up at Sonning, you had maybe 3 or 4 mates onboard?

 

[Victoria Sponge]

Lovely pics, thanks for posting.

 

[watson1959]

thinking about it now, I think you did pass us when we moored up at Sonning, you had maybe 3 or 4 mates onboard?

If they were all male that was one of my sons and his mates

 

[Richard Shead]

And in her former glory...that's my old Fletcher restored before we sold her to the chap in Henley...

 

[thamesS23]

such a shame. We actually first noticed it sunk, when we went away for our jubilee cruise, so it has been like that for some time.

 

[Richard Shead]

such a shame. We actually first noticed it sunk, when we went away for our jubilee cruise, so it has been like that for some time.

yip I believe over a year now..

 

[thamesS23]

Is it owned by the person who's garden it is? If it was my garden in such a prime spot, I probably wouldn't want that sad sight at the end of my garden.

 

[Richard Shead]

Is it owned by the person who's garden it is? If it was my garden in such a prime spot, I probably wouldn't want that sad sight at the end of my garden.

Yes a music manager I understand....bloke down pub told me...

 

[CX54WEK]

Looks like you had a great trip.

Any plans to take Jersey Girl tidal this year?

 

[bumperdump]

great pictures, picked a good week for it, that fletcher speedboat been like that for 18 months there abouts.

 

[thamesS23]

Looks like you had a great trip.

Any plans to take Jersey Girl tidal this year?

Keep saying I want to take it to central london (St Kat's), but as yet, not got round to it. Probably because, as yet (after 4 years) we haven't got bored of exploring and enjoying the non-tidal thames.

on a similar vein, have you ever considered bringing your boat down and trying the thames (maybe get it transported down for a week or 2 holiday). Having seen all your trip reports, I think you will like it - there are plenty of pubs and curry houses !

 

[CX54WEK]

Keep saying I want to take it to central london (St Kat's), but as yet, not got round to it. Probably because, as yet (after 4 years) we haven't got bored of exploring and enjoying the non-tidal thames.

on a similar vein, have you ever considered bringing your boat down and trying the thames (maybe get it transported down for a week or 2 holiday). Having seen all your trip reports, I think you will like it - there are plenty of pubs and curry houses !

It is in the pipeline for some point in the nearish future (probably 2014/2015) to bring NC down to the Thames. We wont be cheating though and will be going by water!!

 

[Brayman]

It is in the pipeline for some point in the nearish future (probably 2014/2015) to bring NC down to the Thames. We wont be cheating though and will be going by water!!

Make sure you plan plenty of time to explore the upper and beautiful reaches of our great river.

 

[My She]

Lovely photos and lovely blue sky!

 

[rafiki_]

Great trip and pics Newbie. Surely you need to change your name, I don't think you qualify as a newbie any longer.

 

[CX54WEK]

Make sure you plan plenty of time to explore the upper and beautiful reaches of our great river.

We plan to have three weeks off to do the trip, however we will probably weekend the boat down to the Thames leaving her at Lowestoft for a week and then somewhere a little closer the weekend after that. Same again for the return trip so that we have as much time as possible actually on the Thames in our three week holiday.

 

[maybh1]

Lovely pics - thank you

Took me back to when we kept our first boat, a Hardy 18, at Caversham almost 20 years ago

Happy days

May
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