We’d had some rain last night, but only drizzle in the morning, nevertheless for some reason I wanted to get back to Pyrford. This meant going around Desborough Island and then up the cut to the River Wey entrance. This is quite well hidden unless you know what to look for amongst a maze of rivers, weirs and channels

There’s the River Wey !

We had just entered Thames Lock when another Sea Otter arrived. They had been reading my posts but it was pure chance we met!

Henton and Prime Thyme in Thames Lock

We proceeded up to Town Lock in Weybridge, and Coxes Lock with its fierce weir stream. I think Henton was glad of our help getting thru

Weybridge, Town lock just beyond the distinctive bridge

Unfortunately upon leaving Coxes the battery/charge warning light and buzzer remained on after starting up. As we were so close to our home Marina we carried on thru New Haw lock and back to Pyrford. We passed our old boat T42 along the way. It was good to see her again, but she looked smaller than I remembered.

Our old 26’ Sea Otter, T42
Lots of trees, much more intimate than the Thames !
It looks like a jungle sometimes

Once in the Marina I checked over things with the engineer, he’s thinking our alternator (used for charging batteries) has broken. He’s lent me a similar one which I installed this afternoon but no joy and the engineer is on holiday for a week. I’ve cleaned up and will think about it overnight…..as we want to cruise again asap….as we have 2 weeks left. It’s put a bit of a dampener on what should be a celebration of completing our first trip. Hazel and I have greatly enjoyed our time in Prime Thyme, and want some more…..tbc