Goring

We were up early this sunny morning, and we leave our mooring and pass under Wallingford Bridge with its 17 arches though only a few are used as a waterway, immediately we were swamped with different size rowing boats with their crews on their daily workouts, so we worked our way through these boats. We then pass the public house " Beetle and Wedge" a beetle is a mallet used to hit the wedge to split trees into planks, we pass by a Island just before Moulsford railway bridge which is suppose to be haunted, and then pass Moulsford village.

http://www.beetleandwedge.co.uk/

Here the valley narrows and houses that we would never ever to afford unless we one the lottery grace the riverbanks, we are not jealous, no we not well maybe a little. Then it's two locks before we moor up again to enjoy the sunny afternoon watch life go by on the Thames. We did have a little walk around the village of Goring with its pretty cottages made of brick and flint , the church here is well situated on the rive and its bell dates from 1290 making it one of the oldest bells in England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goring-on-Thames

 

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