A grey cold morning today as we carry on our journey,here the river starts to get a bit busier the closer we get to London, we pass Ankerwyke a site of of a Benedictine Priory and its 33 ft circumference Yew tree. Then the commuter town of Staines is passed and we also pass in the distance the theme park Thorpe Park with its exciting attractions including the 2800 ft long with speeds of 40 mph " Colossus" and the worlds largest speed swing 'Slammer'. https://www.thorpepark.com/
Other villages and town go pass including Sunbury with its immaculate chalets and bungalows, here we pass the little island Platts Eyot with its boatyard that built 170 torpedo boats during 1938-45.
We then stop for lunch at Hampton Court Palace which was built by cardinal Wosley, but it wasn't long before King Henry VIII took it over. http://www.hrp.org.uk/HamptonCourtPalace/
As we aren't on a particular good mooring we decide to carry on for a while and moor at Kingston-on- Thames, where seven Saxon kings were crowned, he coronation stone is displayed outside the Guildhall. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_upon_Thames
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