On towards the Thames

So off we set again, our first lock is right in the middle of Newbury it follows its course with Victoria Park on one side and the old wharf on the other. Their is also a collection of old warehouses  and old stone buildings a relic of the old days.

The canal now runs through water meadows as it runs towards the rapidly expanding village of Thatcham, locks and swing bridges slow our progress, it's really makes a difference if the locks are in your favour but unfortunately today not one of them is. So it's stop the boat, get off fill the lock, open the gates, let the boat enter the lock shut the gate, open the other paddles to let the water out, open the gate move the boat out and then shut the gate.

Open countryside again as we carry on towards Woolhampton whith its tricky lock with a weir pushing the boat to one side and forward and then a swing bridge to hamper our progress .

We reach Aldermaston and decide to call it a day and moor up for the nightstand the same place as we moored on our trip a few weeks ago.

Keeping it short as our data plan for the Internet has been used so using my iPhone to upload this and will add pictures next week when my allowance kicks in .