We’re listening to the Church bells in Wallingford as I write this post. We sadly said goodbye to Penny this morning, as she has had to turn around and start heading back to Cartbridge.

Our first lock was unmanned and against us, no worries Hazel has got this sorted. Then along some classic riverside residences.

Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse, more rain pelting down all the way to Goring. I’d had enough, and as there was a mooring pulled over for morning tea and then lunch. The weather radar showed a thunderstorm coming around 1pm, but as the sun was out we decided to try and get to Wallingford. If so we should make Oxford in 2 days, allowing more canal time.

At the next lock my left ear popped, and finally cleared after a week. Phew, I didn’t want to fly again with it blocked as our descent into Heathrow had been painful. As we motored on I could see the storm, but our 21hp 3 cylinder diesel engine pulled us ahead of it ! Well the wind blew it crosswise behind us 😁, and we had sunshine into Wallingford. No moorings in town …. so we just moored downstream of the bridge, ready for a run into the town tomorrow.