Break Over!

It's Monday evening and Quidditch is serviced and ready to depart from our home-base at Wigram's Turn on our journey down onto the Thames.

Good job I decided to give her a good check over while we were in port so to speak, one of my fan belts was about to give up the ghost! I've also re secured our anchor which we are never without when navigating rivers.
The original plan was to set off today but a few last minute chores have delayed our departure until tomorrow morning (Tuesday 6th). We don't really know what to expect this time around with the foot and mouth outbreak still being investigated and what damage has been done to the system down near Oxford and further onto the Thames. Those areas were really hit bad by the recent floods. I telephoned our friend Nigel who's the lock keeper at Henley-On-Thames last Thursday and he informed me that at the top end around Kings Lock the river is still into the red. He also told me that a great amount of water was filtering down quite quickly and by the time we arrive down that end hopefully all will be well. You can put the vino on ice Nigel me thinks!!
Well that's about it really, just a short post to let our friends, family and keen followers know were back on the cut. A big thank you to those guys who we've met while out on our travels this summer and who have taken the time to sign our Guest-Book, we're always appreciative of that. Also, well done to Graham & Jennifer (NB-Best-O-Mates) who've made it onto the Lancaster Canal via the River Ribble, we look forward to hearing about your adventures.