oldgit
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Two cruises planned one to Burnham on Crouch and one to St Kats.
The forecasted weather on Friday firmly put paid to the Burnham trip. An OK location in summer but not mid winter.
However, OG and the select few who planned to go St Kats were little more resolute.
Friday morning produced a millpond from Rochester to Tower Bridge and sightings of Dolphins in Sea Reach to add a little gloss on the trip.
A couple of trophy boats shot past us around the QE11 bridge close enough to cause totaly unnecessary wash to our little fleet.
A couple of hours later we came across them again outside St Kats , where no doubt they had been pointlessly bouncing around for ages.
The biggest and most shiney mega barge was being called in by the lock staff on the radio for ages while all the rest of the boats were clogging up the river for all other passing traffic,
Think they called him on his mobile phone in the end. All the gear and no idea ?
A few brave souls from RCC had ventured round on the Friday, were all moored together on the events pontoon.
St Kats had expected a number of boats to come downriver over Easter and had puchased sufficient alcoholic beverages for quite a large group. We did our best.
As usual a very friendly welcome from staff.
Trip up to the V&A Museum proved to be a worthwhile afternoon out, the adults thought it was brilliant, the kids thought it was OK. Sort Of.
Evening meal was in IL Bordello they managed to look after 30 of us.
Monday turned out to be even better with sunshine all the way home.
By the way if anybody finds a nearly new Blue Fender ?
The forecasted weather on Friday firmly put paid to the Burnham trip. An OK location in summer but not mid winter.
However, OG and the select few who planned to go St Kats were little more resolute.
Friday morning produced a millpond from Rochester to Tower Bridge and sightings of Dolphins in Sea Reach to add a little gloss on the trip.
A couple of trophy boats shot past us around the QE11 bridge close enough to cause totaly unnecessary wash to our little fleet.
A couple of hours later we came across them again outside St Kats , where no doubt they had been pointlessly bouncing around for ages.
The biggest and most shiney mega barge was being called in by the lock staff on the radio for ages while all the rest of the boats were clogging up the river for all other passing traffic,
Think they called him on his mobile phone in the end. All the gear and no idea ?
A few brave souls from RCC had ventured round on the Friday, were all moored together on the events pontoon.
St Kats had expected a number of boats to come downriver over Easter and had puchased sufficient alcoholic beverages for quite a large group. We did our best.
As usual a very friendly welcome from staff.
Trip up to the V&A Museum proved to be a worthwhile afternoon out, the adults thought it was brilliant, the kids thought it was OK. Sort Of.
Evening meal was in IL Bordello they managed to look after 30 of us.
Monday turned out to be even better with sunshine all the way home.
By the way if anybody finds a nearly new Blue Fender ?
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