Wind, rain and a small diversion.

Thursday, 7th June, 2012
R had another great breakfast at Pierreponts (M is very jealous). What a treat each time we visit Goring! (M was back in Reigate having boring porridge - yah, sucks, boo!).

Two Boiled Eggs and Ma'amite Soldiers!!

Nick from Capture joined R for breakfast and then came down to see MM; he seemed to like her!
As R was removing the first mooring line, he got a call from Peter and as a result he will go to Liphook this afternoon. So he finally set off back to Reading and arrived at Caversham Lock within 2 hours since he was going with the flow.  MM's paintwork was much admired yet again by the lock-keeper at Mapledurham. The rain and wind continued unabated and so R got well and truly soaked despite the umbrella.
At Reading, he moored up just upstream from Caversham Bridge and walked in to Reading station to meet up with M who came up by train from Reigate.  Did we meet under the station clock (cf "Brief Encounter")?  No, we met in Costa Coffee!!!!
A taxi picked up R from Reading Station at 2:30 and drove him to Liphook. M happily busied herself playing "house" while he was away; thankfully the invasion of the small black moths seems to have fizzled out with the arrival of the cold weather.  Peter drove Robin back to Reading in the evening and we all went out to dinner in a lovely pub called the Plowden Arms in Shiplake.
Today:  9 miles, 2 locks and 4.4 hours (including 2 hours charging batteries on Wednesday).
Trip:   86 miles, 32 locks and 38.7 hours (182.0 Total).