A sunny morning again, it must be summer, winter starts tomorrow,our first lock was Shiplake, here we shared it with two other boats and two rowing boats full of young teenage girls, who sounded like they been on E's all night, the noise , I don't do noise or kids on the mornings. Anyway they went on their way why we stopped and had a pump out, and took on some water, peace n quite.
We carried on pass the entrance to the Kennet and Avon canal and then we pulled over by the handy canal side Tescos for a bit more supplies, spent a fortune again and off we set, today is a Saturday and every one and their dog is out in the boats,, so each lock is a a wait, and an experience. One lock was standing room only as they crammed us all in, sometime we share a lock with the gin buckets and because our boat is steel and theirs is plastic they all ways try to protect it by trying to stay away from us.
Gin buckets
We carry on through Reading and Mapledurham and mor up for the evening just by Child Beale wildlife trust, which houses a bird collection including peacocks, flamingoes and other birds. http://www.bealepark.co.uk/
This evenings mooring
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