As the mooring last night was limited to 24 hours, we had to move MM this morning in the pouring rain to the east of Newbury so we both got soaked. M was heard to mutter some very rude words as she struggled with the gates of the tricky lock by the town bridge in the rain. In fact, she had only just finished drying her hair when it was time to leave. We were visited by a very damp family of swans hoping for breakfast.
The BBQ was great fun and although the gazebo nearly blew away several times, it didn't rain all afternoon. In the evening, we went to Tony's Chinese restaurant in Goring for a Peking Duck - delicious! By the time we finished, it was getting late and we just missed a train to Reading so we had to wait half an hour. Then we got the time of the train from Reading to Newbury wrong and so missed that train too. We ended up waiting for one and a half hours on Reading Station, not as bad as it sounds, certainly for Robin who occupied himself very happily watching all the scantily clad dolly birds arriving for a night out in Reading. Marion, on the other hand, was busy watching the elegant ladies and debonair gentlemen arriving back from Ascot!. We eventually got back to Newbury at 11:30, so it was well after midnight when we got to bed. A great day, though.
Today: 1 mile, 2 locks and 2 hours.
Trip: 111 miles, 59 locks and 67.4 hours (212.0 total).
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