Another great day, starting thru Cliveden Reach and then thru Bray. I thought Goring and Henley had some nice houses, but Bray must be millionaires row on the Thames. House after house outdoing each other

Some of the locks are impressive as well, catering for large ferries. Probably the most famous being Boulters, but we liked some of the smaller ones upstream from Oxford. All the lock keepers have been friendly, and are so patient, trying to teach “Le Boat” hirers how to steer their large floating blocks of flats. They usually end up sideways, so we give them plenty of room and don’t enter the lock until under ropes.

All too soon the amount of road and air noise increased, we must be nearing Windsor….then the Duck appeared during our lunch break.

Thru another lock and there was Windsor Castle, and the town. Masses of people still milling around, and little good mooring, so we decided to carry on, especially as the last time coming down the Thames we’d had a day there. It looked sad, lots of mobile cranes and half packed camp grounds still much in evidence. On to Runnymede, and Magna Carta.

After 6.5 hours of cruising I was ready to accept the first decent mooring, and found a secluded spot or was it….I can’t cross the road to the JFK, Magna Carta Sites due to the footpath being fenced off….also we appear to be moored at the end of Heathrow’s runway…..as there are huge jets roaring overhead…..never mind, I’m sure I’ll still sleep well. Tomorrow we will decide wether to carry on to Hampton Court, or just turn back up the Wey……yes after almost 3 weeks boating we’ve covered what we did by car in 2.5 hours ! It’s called SLOW BOATING and we love it !