Lechlade

It was a grey and rather chilly morning as we set off - we planned to reach Lechlade by the end of the day. Actually, we had hoped to do the round trip in three days but our somewhat leisurely pace means that we will probably now need to take an extra day.

(Ten Foot Bridge)

The landscape is quite flat and the river meanders almost continuously. This means that at times you can see boats moored ahead but in apperenbtly entirely the wrong direction!

There was little traffic on the water and we only passed six canoes all morning. There were a few more around in the afternoon. Several lock keepers tried to persuade us that the forecast was for the hottest day of the year so far and, although a weak sun emerged for a little while, we remained wholly unconvinced!

(Tadpole Bridge)

We eventually reached Lechlade with enough time to find the local supermarket still open - the main need was milk. We will also need to find where the boatyard is as we are probably going to need to fill up with diesel before going much further. The hardware shop had closed, however, so we will come back in the morning to see if we can find some outdoor varnish for the front cabin doors - or even at the boatyard!

(OLd Father Thames at St John's Lock)

At last Mike found a broadband signal in the town centre - the last time we could connect was yesterday lunch time - and so yesterday's blog has been uploaded.

(Lechlade spire from St John's Lock)

Back at the boat as weak signal was available and so this blog could be uploaded! (but the pix had to wait until the next day!)