The weather changed last Friday as we reached the Thames with heavy rain showers and strong south westerly winds which resulted in us running aground and me having a close encounter with a local tree as the wind blew the boat across the river as we set off one morning. A good lesson though as we should have gone through how we would leave the bank taking into account the wind and the current- something we now do each time on the river.
We are moored tonight above Rushey lock far from the madding crowd except VC10s and AWACS 707 (picture below) flying round from Brize Norton
Looking from our mooring to Swinford Toll Bridge Face watching over you at Radcot Lock
Heading north: Day 6
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The mooring at Grendon was excellent, with the hill between us and the
railway line really cutting out the noise of the trains. This morning,
there was ...
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