Tuesday, 20 July 2010

A brief voyage, and a brief blog

We’d been expecting the weather to break today, but all that happened was that we had some rain overnight, and another glorious day today. We’ve come up to Goring, a voyage of all of three quarters of an hour.

Lots of mooring here, albeit on a wall, but perfectly useable. The village is great, with interesting shops and old houses to rubber neck at. We’ve had a cup of tea on Anna, a 1927 Dutch barge, one of the early luxemotors. It’s a continuous source of satisfaction that most boaters are so friendly towards one another.

You see a far greater variety of vessel on the river, of course, instead of the unending stream of narrowboats on the canals.

We had a good old natter about the iniquities of the various licensing systems, and Edmond had a rummage in his bits boxes to see if he had a possible replacement for a cabin hook which has broken on Sanity Again.

I’ve got a story to tell about trying to buy a new laptop for Sheila, but we’re still in the middle of it, and it’s very hot, and I’ve a meal to prepare, so it’s going to have to wait!

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