We checked the river condition site, last evening and the route which we need to use, has a yellow warning, which means that we should take extra care as the river we be flowing fast, so we decided that we would stay an extra night in Marlow, the first 24 hrs mooring were free and then after that we were allowed to pay £5.00 to stay moored for an extra night. So we paid a visit to the lock keeper and paid him for our mooring, then took another trip into Marlow for milk and bread, before coming back to the boat for our Sunday dinner, which was very nice thankyou, so not a lot to write about except these few interesting facts about this pretty town.
Marlow is a elegant Georgian town, it's marvellous weir can been seen from the white suspension bridge built by Tierny Clarke that spans the Thames . A few novelist resided at Marlow, Thomas Love Peacock who wrote "Nightmare Abbey" , Shelley wrote " Revolt to Islam" while his wife Mary Godwin wrote " Frankenstein"
Marlow's rowing club has produced a host of Olympic medal holder including Sir Steve Redgrave, other notable people that have lived in this area are
Jerome K Jerome wrote part of Three Men in a Boat at a local pub, the Two Brewers.
T. S. Eliot lived in West Street during the First World War.
The pop singer Robbie Williams recently bought a house on the river in Bisham.
The Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal, owner of The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire (voted Best Restaurant in the World in 2005) lived in Marlow until recently.
Television and radio presenter Paul Ross, brother of Jonathan Ross, also lived in Marlow, having moved there after filming Celebrity Fit Club at nearby Bisham Abbey. He moved out of Marlow in 2013. [20]
Japanese Formula One racing driver Takuma Sato was a Marlow resident, as was Bruno Senna, who lived in the same house.
England scrum-half and World Cup-winner Matt Dawson spent his childhood in Marlow and went to a local primary school.[21]
England goalkeeper David Seaman owned a property in Marlow until 2012.[22]
Peter Firth, Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC MI5 drama Spooks, is a Marlow resident.
Andrew Strauss, current England cricket captain, moved to Little Marlow with his family in 2010.
The television presenter and naturalist Steve Backshall lives in Marlow.
And this little fact about the haunted Bisham Abbey, Bisham, near Marloe witch is Haunted by Lady Hoby what happens at Bisham Abbey, based around an ancient preceptory built by the Knights Templar in about 1260, is known as one of the most haunted houses in Britain. Although it is located on the picturesque banks of the River Thames near Marlow, there's no peace there - the condemned ghost of Lady Hoby has haunted the abbey relentlessly since her death in 1609. It is said that her apparition materialises with a black face and white clothes and sobs piteously at night.
As a personal friend of Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Hoby wanted to prepare her children for the highest roles in society by giving them the most intense tuition. However, the young William Hoby often fell victim to his mother's bad temper and she beat him until he collapsed with blood streaming from his head. He was left to die alone in a locked room. His mother, however, is said to have been so full of remorse that she ceaselessly roams the abbey in tears.
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