We’ve had a brilliant day in superb weather, setting off from Osney at 7.15, and working a couple of locks ourselves before the lockies came on at 9. then it was a case of just keeping going; we managed to clear Day’s Lock just before the lockie went for lunch at one, then reached Benson at ten to two. I’d just filled the lock and opened the gates when the lockie came back, so he saw us through.
We’ve tied on the new visitor moorings at Wallingford, just above the bridge on the left bank going down. It’s free during the day, or a fiver to stay the night, not at all unreasonable by Thames standards, though of course Abingdon still takes the crown for offering large amounts of free mooring.
We had to hang about above Culham for a bit, where they were having problems with the upstream sluices, and had a diving team working on them.
Highest spot of the day: we’ve seen red kites three times, including over the moorings here at Wallingford.
One other highspot, there's a Waitrose within easy walking of the moorings, and they had black mustard seed, so I’ve been able to replace the jar that mysteriously disappeared at Crick. They refund your parking ticket if you spend a fiver, but not a mooring ticket; I asked.
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