At the head of the River Wey Navigations lies the town of Godalming. Although surrounded by new developments the heart of the town still has its charm. Especially as the River goes right thru the middle of it. A short walk to Sainsburys for food was followed by a wander around the town as Hazel hadn’t explored it before.

Resisting the charm of the old pubs I was delighted to find an old fashioned green grocer, run by a genuine cockney. A little bit of banter, being called young man ! and some delicious strawberries to have with cream for tea tonight ! Lunch wasn’t bad either, Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, Nairn’s ginger oatcakes, proper cheddar cheese and battenburg cake – my idea of heaven. We have started heading back to Pyrford, being moored at St Catherine’s Lock weir stream. Another warm day…..that’s 3 in a row, it can’t last 😎

We are moored up at Gunns Mouth on the River Wey, enjoying some HOT weather !

 A fairly trouble free Dreamliner flight saw us arrive at 6.30 am, despite leaving 2.5 hours late. However there were no aerobridge’s available so we had to be bussed into the terminal. Being on a non EU passport it also took me an 1.5 hours to get through immigration……you can have one of the most advanced aeroplanes in the world but it’s only as good as the weakest link.

By midday we had made it out onto the river, along with most of the people of Surrey. I’ve never seen it so busy with cyclists, walkers and boaters. It was so warm we even got an ice cream from the van next to Pyrford Lock. We pushed onto our favourite mooring beyond Send, and finally collapsed at 7pm after watching highlights of THE wedding. I don’t remember my head touching the pillow, but was awakened at 3 in the morning by flashing lights….our house batteries were failing ! Later on, and reading 24%, we set up the solar panels to start topping up. We shall install 2 new ones before doing the Warwickshire Ring. 

Pushing onto Guildford saw some beautiful reflections……and a data card for the iPad !

Guildford from the meadows.

T42 needs a bit of a clean, so I’ve some work to do before catching up on some more ZZZ’s

In the meantime cheers 

Yes Cooper is feeling the cold, which means we are about to travel. Helen our house sitter, aka Cooper’s new mum is settling in and all our cases are packed. Blogging will soon start !

Hopefully the Med and the UK will be a bit warmer than last year, but first we have a wedding, to not attend !