Awoke early with the rain still falling (no change there then...). Checked the forecast and it said there would be a break from the rain in the middle of the morning - and so it proved to be. Hastily grabbed the mooring pins and sailed the half mile up to Ham Lock at the edge of Newbury.
Just past the lock, R phoned the Marina and we turned into its entrance. Not so easy as it required a one hundred and thirty-five degree turn against the current, which was running quite fast. After a couple of small bumps we made it in, turned MM round and moored her up.
She will stay there now until Tuesday when R returns to pick her up. M will join him on Thursday as she has choir practice and a dental appointment.
The boat moored next-but-one to us was nb "Splash" that was in the Kingsground workshop and launched not long after MM - and the narrowboat next to her was another older Kingsgound boat called "Morse"! In all there are four KG narrowboats in the marina!
Walked to Newbury railway Station and caught the train back home. So the next post will be on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Today: 1 mile, 1 lock and 1.3 hours.
Trip: 108 miles, 55 locks and 64.0 hours (207.3 total).
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