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[thamesS23]

Sorry - Title should say 'Summer Cruise'

Not long been back from our 2 week cruise upstream from Bray to Abingdon and back. The weather was great and had a really relaxing time. Thought I would post some pictures.
Waiting at Bray lock

moored at wargrave

Sonning lock

Beale park moorings

spent the next night moored at Bensons - nice mooring and the cafe does great food in the evening as well

Culham Lock

Hire boat that had decided to go the wrong side of the green markers had run aground

Abingdon lock

 

[thamesS23]

peaceful mooring

not sure what the story was with this

uninvited guest

Shillingford

Goring

 

[thamesS23]

Pangbourne

Sonning

 

[thamesS23]

Henley

Hurley

 

[thamesS23]

Cookham

Unusual boat for the Thames

back at Bray

 

[Bazzer]

Cookham

Unusual boat for the Thames

back at Bray

Loveley pictures, something i have always fancied, cruising up the Thames, is there much of a problem with bridges, we have a flybridge and wondered whether you saw many other fly bridges on your travels ?

 

[thamesS23]

What boat do you have, as there are plenty of flybridges on the thames. I believe that the two bridges you need to worry about are Cookham and Windsor. You can get the heights of these online (somewhere), but would recommend that you do visit.

 

[No Regrets]

Lovely pics, cheers for that! :encouragement:

 

[thamesS23]

this link explains why we saw the campervans on Temple Island

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/a...perience-island-hotel-six-VW-camper-vans.html

 

[bumperdump]

great pics, we saw the no limits ship in marlow, on Monday.
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...onze-schepen/no-limit-modellen/no-limit-1550/

 

[russ]

Lovely pics just reminds me of what we are missing this year. (your old pontoon neighbour but one).

 

[apollo]

Lovely pics just reminds me of what we are missing this year. (your old pontoon neighbour but one).

Two weeks till we go!!!

 

[ianc1200]

Thanks for the 2nd Henley photo (of us) I expect now to be told off for cruising whilst dressed overall!

 

[boatone]

great pics, we saw the no limits ship in marlow, on Monday.
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...onze-schepen/no-limit-modellen/no-limit-1550/

Friendship passed us at Bell Weir at lunch tiime and now at Penton Hook.

 

[boatone]

Friendship passed us at Bell Weir at lunch tiime and now at Penton Hook.

Just been invited for guided tour - quite some boat!

 

[byron]

Thanks for the 2nd Henley photo (of us) I expect now to be told off for cruising whilst dressed overall!

Moving a vessel whilst dressed overall is quite in order whilst vessel is in harbour.
Technically you can move a craft from Southampton to Cowes whilst dressed overall because as you leave one jurisdiction you enter another. On the non-tidal Thames you never leave harbour, even if you do then you enter the PLA hence you are still in Harbour. You can expand on this even further and make your way to the Medway whilst always in Harbour.

 

[ianc1200]

Thanks Byron, will quote at length if challenged again.

 

[Actionmat]

Lovely pics, thanks for sharing. I can't wait to head up there.

 

[byron]

Thanks Byron, will quote at length if challenged again.

All flag etiquettes are based on sound sensible reasoning. Even the fact we are not allowed to fly the Union Flag is based on excellent reasoning (of the day).