A easy day with 2 locks and 3 hours cruising

Wallingford was attractive last night with the setting sun and clear skies, but noisy this morning with empty beer kegs being loaded. It’s also been the most expensive overnight payment at £12.50 regardless of size. Not quite fair as some of the boats were double our length, breath and height. As the payment collector comes around at 9:30 we were all gone by 9 ! A bit ironic considering the value of some of the Tupperware boats..
More amazing boat houses..

We stopped at the excellent Chandlery store again for more polish, stainless steel grilles and other bits and bobs, including a replacement lump hammer for spike bashing !

Goring Lock

Goring, and Streatley at the other end of the bridge, is a quaint village with the added bonus of the Thames flowing thru..

A newly revamped Swan Hotel
Beautiful cottages right on the main road
We are rather dwarfed in our moorings tonight

I’ve spent the rest of the day T Cutting and polishing Prime Thyme, halfway done, with lots of good comments. One lady stopped to chat, found out we were Tasmanian, and she was originally from New Zealand. She asked us round for afternoon tea, gave us the address and said come round in 30 minutes. H was unsure but round we went and found ourselves in a mansion with panoramic views and frontage onto the Thames. Home baked scones just for us were produced and we had a great chat. She had trekked around South America and visited a lot of places we had, so a highly enjoyable afternoon was had. We also have an exclusive private mooring should we ever visit again ! many thanks Carol for your hospitality.

Tomorrow sees another easy day to Pangbourne, and more polishing no doubt !