Sunday (17th June) was a lazy day of doing nothing much, in fact nothing at all! Though that was after being woken up at 4:45am by a demented swan swishing about and pecking on the hull for at least 5 minutes ... too awake to go back to sleep so it was a very early start to the day. But at least no-one came to ask us to move on although I hadn't really enjoy the mooring at all except of course on Saturday evening with friends Karin and Peter.
Monday was another early start with the above being taken at 05:30 as I was making the first cuppa of the day
After a few false starts ... rowing eights, fours, twos, and ones either coming up or down stream ... we managed at 8:45 to slip across the lanes. It was so good to be free again!
Now over on the transit lane
(Mental note to self - no mooring at Remenham during June and July!)
Looking down the Henley Regatta race course
Now away from the racers who are in their own lane
Passing Dunkirk Little Ship Llanthony
Two way traffic in the transit lane
There's still lots of work going on for visitors to the Regatta which starts this coming weekend with the Ladies races and the main event on 4-8th July
The river as we approach Henley is too narrow for three lanes so once again we have to 'remind' rowers to 'look where they're going!'
The VIP Stand at the finish line
Love this house right on the riverbank dated 1893
Boat storage tents look like Brighton seafront!
Free now of Regatta rowers
Posh boats - probably for ferrying visitors for whom money is no object during the regatta.
Baling out after a night of rain
Plenty of mooring up this end of Henley
The Edwardian steam river launch Windsor Belle will also be available for hire during the festivities ... at a price!
The self service sign is showing at Marsh Lock but in actual fact there was a lock keeper on duty
... it was a really tight fit in there with this cruiser in front of us.
Continuing upstream ... nearly there
George is reversing Still Rockin' into our mooring at Wargrave
All moored up now.
Unlike it was in September 2016, it is now very overgrown and we wondered if this was to discourage boats mooring here
This was our Molly's favourite place, she loved to 'fetch' thrown sticks from this little pool even when she was nearly completely blind.
Two Greebes in the water lilies one minute
and gone the next!
only to reappear ... together!
George's photo of a brilliantly coloured Damselfly.
We really enjoyed the day. We stayed here a couple of nights last year but it was too soon after losing Molly (in Nov 16) and the place didn't feel the same any more but this stay is more enjoyable, not quite so emotional.
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