Early departure from Henley for ???

Another marathon journey for me down to see the latest addition to the clan.   The journey is potentially OK from Henley but could be better.  Henley is on a branch line so you have to change at Twyford to get anywhere.  That then took me through to Clapham Junction, but then I was met with the notices saying that due to engineering works the District and Circle lines were not running....should have checked.   Ended up with a 3 hr 20 min journey instead of 2.5 hours....

Still it was worth it.  

Early Riser over Henley

These swans have a family of 12 so told Emma she was lucky to only have one to feed

 Early departure from Henley on Monday morning. once again to beat the heat.  We weren`t certain where we would reach, one of those `off the cuff ` days

Good bye Henley, see you on the way back.

One of these would suit me nicely!

Further down river we passed Danesfield House

In another life (approx 36 years ago!) the sailing club at the bottom was where we launched our 12 foot catamaran that Geoff (aided and abetted by friend Crint) built.

Mr Whippy anyone??

There was mooring space at Marlow above the lock but no shade so we gave it the big swerve

Had a look at the visitor mooring below the lock but still not much shade so decided to press on to Cookhan where we remembered nice moorings and shade......

These dogs have the right idea, sadly we cannot persuade Barney to go into the river

when we rounded the corner and saw the Cookham moorings it looked as though we would be unlucky.   However there was just one space at the end.  Sadly not yet in the shade but the big trees showed promise later on.

Lots of space to sit out under the trees.   Today the two boats behind departed so we have moved back to almost complete shade, and here we stay for a few days, it is just too hot to go anywhere or do anything much.  Its £6 a night but well worth it.

Total distance:11.61 miles Elapsed time:3h59m36s Locks:4 Bridges:5 
Average speed:2.91 mph (3.91 lock/mph)