26th to 27th April 2017
Here I am again blogging for the sake of friends and family
about my summer cruise to various boating festivals on the canal system,
starting with Canalway Cavalcade at Little Venice in London. For a change this
year some members of the Byfleet Boat Club are also attending along with me.
I left the moorings with Brian and Margaret on nb Zavala,
with a view to travelling as far as Kingston, which is only just over a mile from
Teddington Locks. We had an uneventful trip, passing Still Rockin’ with George
and Carol waving as I passed them just upstream form Sunbury Lock. I also
locked through Thames Ditton with Chris on nb Merchant, but did not have a
chance to converse with him. At the same lock there were a lot of EA staff in
yellow jackets about to evict some permanent moorers on three boats, all belonging
to the same person. I was not sure where they were going to evict them to.
Mooring up on the Barge Walk, we had a very pleasant evening
meal in Cote Brasserie, where I had eaten before, so knew that it would be good
and I have to say that the Zavala crew agreed with me.
The other BBC boats stayed the night at Hampton Court Palace
moorings and we will meet up at Teddington for the locking through at about
16.30 on Thursday, heading for Brentford Locks and the entrance to the Grand Union
Canal. Unfortunately, that is the time of high water at Teddington, so we have
to wait until then for an easy passage to Brentford on the ebbing tide.
Cranley and Barleytwist about to pass beneath Kingston Bridge.
1 comment:
Good do see you again Ray albeit from a distance! Odd that you heard the conversation re evicting the three boats - see my blog
http://wbstillrockin.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/cruising-upstream-and-sad-news.html of the conversation we had with the lockie at Molesey.
Enjoy your summer cruising.
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