It’s been one of those days when things largely went to plan. We set off just on half nine from Goring, and had a steady run down river in pleasant sunshine, amongst a lot of traffic.
Things got interesting above Whitchurch Lock, where we had to hover in mid channel for quite a while, there being a queue on the not very long lay by. It took two lockings before we got onto the mooring, then on the third the lockie squeezed us in behind a large smokey cruiser.
Once down, we found lots of boats tied on Pangbourne Meadow, but recognised Slow Gin amongst them. A brief shouted discussion elicited the information that not only were they happy for us to tie outside them, but that they were going after lunch, so we could take over the space.
Di and Reece on Wandering Whimbrel were just in front of them (truly, the clans are gathering), so we’ve spent much of the afternoon nattering and showing off Sanity Again. There has been time, however, to polish the port side portholes and Incralac them, thereby completing the major lacquering jobs. There’s stuff like the tiller bar and fiddly things like door knobs to do, but they will keep for a bit.
Tomorrow, we’ll go on down to Sonning, then on Friday come back up, shopping at Tesco and pumping out at Mapledurham on the way, finally tying at Beale Park.
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