345 locks, 492 miles, 16 Tunnels and 8 lift bridges since Nov 2006
We were up bright and early for the run down to
As we came down the stretch of the river from Marlow lock we were treated to an aerobatic display par excellence by an RAF trainer aircraft which obviously was not being flown by a novice, possibly a Red Arrow pilot, as he was stalling, barrel rolls, loop the loop and flying upside down, the whole repertoire. When he came out of a stall which appeared to be directly overhead, he came straight down towards us pulling out at a very low altitude. Needless to say we all had our eyes glued onto this guy with just an occasional look at where we were going. Luckily the river was very wide and there were no other boats about.
After a good run we arrived in Reading and found that the city council allow you 3 hours mooring free then charge £4.65 for overnight. As we had only stopped to drop off our guests, Wilma & Bunty so they could catch a train back to
We then moved down through Caversham lock where we sought the lock keepers advice on moorings and the Kennett and Avon because we will be staying here for 7 days as Dot is going to London next Saturday to see Tracey and the dress rehearsal of Trooping the Colour. We will probably make a concerted effort on the Kennett and
We are now moored just below the Tesco moorings breasted up 3 deep with Narrowboats Zanzibar and Derek and Christina on Kalimera as moorings are at a premium at the moment.
We have been advised to wait out on the Thames at least overnight as the Kennett and Avon is running just as fast as the
Unfortunately there is a dark black cloud bank heading our way so I hope we don’t get too much more rain.
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