So goes the old Chinese curse, and on that basis our cruise today was one of the most interesting we've ever done.
I must have a word with the Met Office. Their wind strength predictions were about an hour out, so when we set off at three o'clock expecting the wind to drop, we were cruelly misled.
Another saying is "There are no problems, just opportunities." Well I had plenty of opportunities to get Herbie blown into the reeds. Blimey it was hairy going round all the hairpin bends with the wind blasting in unpredictable directions and the rain on our faces. I feel quite proud that we arrived unscathed at Radcot, grabbing a just-long-enough bankside mooring and tying to some scaffolding poles before the boat blew away.
All is well though and we are warm and dry in the very friendly Swan pub
where a nice man says it's ok for us to tie up on what is really a private mooring. After a pint and a plate of pub grub I feel ready to do it again tomorrow to get us to Lechlade which is effectively the head of navigation. So then we can say we've cruised the whole of the navigable Thames. An early start might get us the least worst of the weather. If the met office has it right this time of course.
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If you moor on the left going upstream and before the bridge in the farmer's field your boat accessories might be eaten by the dreaded cows so pack all plants ropes etc away if you can. There is a lawn type mooring on the right going upstream just before the bridge which we have used in the past.
It is the bottom of a very long pub garden.. A half pint there will secure that mooring for the night.. :)
Thanks Sue, we're on that meadow right now. A case of 'any port in a storm'. No sign of the cows. Perhaps they've all been blown away:-)
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