Sunday 5 July 2020

To Hurley and back ... and an amazing sky ...

Wednesday (1st July) our weekly cruise ...




No need for bow thruster assistance today at 7am as the actual wind winded Still Rockin' to face downstream






Wild water swimmers braving the cold water from the slipway at Ferry Lane







Danesfield House, now a hotel, sits high on the hill and has an interesting past







Cygnets are growing up!



A new mooring has appeared on the Hurley Lock cut - £7 per night but we thought it may be a tad too close to the bridge to allow for boats coming and going.



When we were ready to set off again after depositing the rubbish I had to distract this swan family to the other side of Still Rockin' so that George could turn the engine on and reverse out.
The boat on the mooring I mentioned above is What's the Hurry ... we met Jools and Nick back in August last year when Nick very kindly helped us out when I wasn't feeling well. Pity it was too early to catch their attention for catch-up chat.




Although the two young crested grebes are old enough to catch fish themselves, Mum was still feeding them too.






Staying alert!





Just over an hour later we're back at our mooring.






and the sky?
Sundown at 21:30 ... stunning!

2 comments:

Mrs. Jaqueline Biggs said...

Beautiful!! Quintessential English beauty!!! I miss it--and both of yo! xxx

Carol said...

It is Jaq. Love to you and yours. xx