nickcred
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Hi Guys. some pics from my slow voyage from Temple to Datchet, you'll be glad to know we successfully managed to make it last 3 days
My good friend Neil the party animal joined me on the trip, here we about to enter Temple Lock
After a quick chat with Shades we head towards Marlow. I had forgotten how quiet the river can be in the week, for a while we thought some calamity had occurred and we were the only ones on the river
As you can see Neil was pretty happy to be the boat and the river
Marlow Lock and the thrist was building nicely
So after two locks we decided it was probably a good idea to stop for some refreshments at my favourite pub
This seemed to make Neil even happier to be on the river, of course we raised a glass to my good lady wife working away in the office back home ;-)
Cliveden was as pretty as always
I decided to steer from the Flybridge of the good old Birchwood 25 (well from the cockpit roof anyhow and as you can see I am pretty happy to be on the river as well lol
Boulters Lock and only 4 gongoozlers on the bridge to greet us instead of the normal crowd
We decided to drop in on our good friend Michael Parkinson as we passed through but unfortunately it appeared no one was home
As we hit Bray Lock, not literally, we realised we were in danger of arriving in Datchet on the first night instead of the planned 3rd night lol,
After much discussion and deliberation we decided that there was a absolute need for more refreshment so stopped for an overnight at Bray Marina
Tueday morning dawned as a gorgeous day
After a hearty breakfast we headed towards Boveney enroute to Windsor
A tad cloudy as we came into Windsor
As we did not want to be in Windsor until the evening for our planned night of partying we decided to head for Penton Hook to see if we could meet up with some friends at Thorpe Park and return to Windsor that night where Mark the owner of my old mooring had said we could stay overnight for free , cheers Mark and good to see you again.
We returned to Windsor with the guys from our destination at Kris Crusiers wondering why we kept going past and not coming in for the service lol and somehow we ended up in need of further refreshment
More discussion and an idea to phone my good lady wife while she was at work and could not argue to advise her we would not return home until Thursday PM as another night on the boat seemed like a plan, we needed to visit the pubs in Datchet just to make sure the beer quality was ok and to make the most of the final hours of the trip with a bit of fishing,
we succeeded at both
What a brilliant few days on the river, thanks to my lovely lady for letting me loose for the trip, to all the pubs and the lockies and my buddy Neil for as always keeping me in absolute stitches all the way down the river. Saturday and we will head to Datchet to take her back to Temple, this time with the family, hope the weather holds.
My good friend Neil the party animal joined me on the trip, here we about to enter Temple Lock
After a quick chat with Shades we head towards Marlow. I had forgotten how quiet the river can be in the week, for a while we thought some calamity had occurred and we were the only ones on the river
As you can see Neil was pretty happy to be the boat and the river
Marlow Lock and the thrist was building nicely
So after two locks we decided it was probably a good idea to stop for some refreshments at my favourite pub
This seemed to make Neil even happier to be on the river, of course we raised a glass to my good lady wife working away in the office back home ;-)
Cliveden was as pretty as always
I decided to steer from the Flybridge of the good old Birchwood 25 (well from the cockpit roof anyhow and as you can see I am pretty happy to be on the river as well lol
Boulters Lock and only 4 gongoozlers on the bridge to greet us instead of the normal crowd
We decided to drop in on our good friend Michael Parkinson as we passed through but unfortunately it appeared no one was home
As we hit Bray Lock, not literally, we realised we were in danger of arriving in Datchet on the first night instead of the planned 3rd night lol,
After much discussion and deliberation we decided that there was a absolute need for more refreshment so stopped for an overnight at Bray Marina
Tueday morning dawned as a gorgeous day
After a hearty breakfast we headed towards Boveney enroute to Windsor
A tad cloudy as we came into Windsor
As we did not want to be in Windsor until the evening for our planned night of partying we decided to head for Penton Hook to see if we could meet up with some friends at Thorpe Park and return to Windsor that night where Mark the owner of my old mooring had said we could stay overnight for free , cheers Mark and good to see you again.
We returned to Windsor with the guys from our destination at Kris Crusiers wondering why we kept going past and not coming in for the service lol and somehow we ended up in need of further refreshment
More discussion and an idea to phone my good lady wife while she was at work and could not argue to advise her we would not return home until Thursday PM as another night on the boat seemed like a plan, we needed to visit the pubs in Datchet just to make sure the beer quality was ok and to make the most of the final hours of the trip with a bit of fishing,
we succeeded at both
What a brilliant few days on the river, thanks to my lovely lady for letting me loose for the trip, to all the pubs and the lockies and my buddy Neil for as always keeping me in absolute stitches all the way down the river. Saturday and we will head to Datchet to take her back to Temple, this time with the family, hope the weather holds.
