The weather hasn’t gotten any cooler, over 30 degrees every day so far ! After leaving the Marina we headed down to our first stop at Walsham Gates then onto High Bridge at Send, where there was a shady spot and a local shop with ice-creams and tonic for the gin….

The Rhodendrons are flowering and numerous waterfowl have babies..

Prime Thyme is behaving herself well, so we pushed onto Guildford to do some shopping, after stopping at Dapdune Wharf to pick up my new license, top up the water, empty the elsan and get a few more paperbacks from their excellent waterside shop. We are both still feeling terribly tired, I was left gasping for breath after climbing out of a lock to close a gate Hazel couldn’t budge, so headed for a tree at the Guildford meadows. As usual there were lots of gongoozlers at Milford Lock, all the little kids want to help open the gates, but we got thru safely and have found a nice shady spot with a welcome breeze. Tomorrow we will head back down the Wey, to get on the Thames and join Iris at Pangbourne.