Last night’s storm brought repeated light showers and a decided drop in the temperature. The BBC Weather tells us that this will continue for the next few days with maximums of fourteen and minimums of four. It was a day where we spent most of it in our wet and warm gear. We can’t complain as we have had mostly good weather and it’s all part of the adventure.
We woke up snug in our boat and had no need to turn on the diesel heating for the radiators. Given that the day was not looking great we set out at eight o’clock to try and get most of the motoring out of the way by the early afternoon and we could retreat to inside the boat.
I had to undertake the first two locks at Marlow and Temple Locks and after nine o’clock the lock keepers were on duty.
I spent two long hours in the morning worrying about my mother as I couldn’t raise her on her landline or her mobile. And I knew she should have been at home at six o’clock in the evening. I passed over the problem to Sandra who duly found Mum at the St Andrews Hospital and everything checked out just fine. I could then get on with the rest of my day!
As expected we passed very few boats today and those we did had all the gear on just like us. We moored after Shiplake Lock, filled the boat with water, got rid of the rubbish and had lunch. The cold, wet weather certainly makes us hungry.
We arrived at Reading at about two thirty at quite a good spot near the centre. After a small rest we decided not to change out of our boat gear as we would be walking in the wet and headed to see the sites of Reading. First on our list was a warm coffee shop which we found in one of the large shopping malls. It was a great feeling to have the warm air waft over us as we walked in.
We bunkered down for the evening with the heating on and each of us reading a Jeffrey Archer book. They are good holiday reading.
Photos: Last night’s storm; Early morning Marlow Lock; Autumn trees; Good weather for geese and ducks.
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