oldgit
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...to everyone we met on our trip including all those non forumites we chatted to in the locks and some while moored up during the evenings.Thanks to B1 for organising and to Mike for oiling the works in Windsor Marina,not forgetting those very friendly and helpful lockeepers along the way.
Mostly good value grub ranging from the Great House at Sonning to the Rising Sun Pub at Hurley? via the amazing little traditional old fashioned Italian in Teddington High St)found by way of Howards "Ted" lock website map.
High lights included the rower who ran into the back of my mates 37ft boat and then came back to complain bitterly in a cut glass accent about our double parking two boats alongside the river bank.
,somebody then had a go at the wife because my boat got a bit close to his in the lock and also watching some poor bugger filling his diesel tank with water at Boveney Lock.
Bad move was putting one of those "Please park alongside" stickers in the window.
Another bad move was going past Gravesend thinking that the weather girls promise of light westerly winds was gospel.
Two hours of queasy corkscewing down Sea Reach followed by another rolling hour across the Swatch with 90 mins of bang bang bang up into the Medway was not my idea of fun.
Medway VTS gave the true picture ie gusting up to 30 knots with blimming wind against tide.
Anywho 50 hours total time Chatham to Goring and back at average of 1.6 gph.
One V.loud toot meant that this bloke was altering course toward us
Ps.If you go through Tedding lock at 5am it is a good idea to remember it is probably pitch black and you cannot see a blooming thing. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Mostly good value grub ranging from the Great House at Sonning to the Rising Sun Pub at Hurley? via the amazing little traditional old fashioned Italian in Teddington High St)found by way of Howards "Ted" lock website map.
High lights included the rower who ran into the back of my mates 37ft boat and then came back to complain bitterly in a cut glass accent about our double parking two boats alongside the river bank.
Bad move was putting one of those "Please park alongside" stickers in the window.
Another bad move was going past Gravesend thinking that the weather girls promise of light westerly winds was gospel.
Two hours of queasy corkscewing down Sea Reach followed by another rolling hour across the Swatch with 90 mins of bang bang bang up into the Medway was not my idea of fun.
Medway VTS gave the true picture ie gusting up to 30 knots with blimming wind against tide.
Anywho 50 hours total time Chatham to Goring and back at average of 1.6 gph.
One V.loud toot meant that this bloke was altering course toward us
Ps.If you go through Tedding lock at 5am it is a good idea to remember it is probably pitch black and you cannot see a blooming thing. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
