Back to Windsor

Back again at Windsor.

We have done well as this was initially as far as Geoff said he would go!!

Unusually for us we travelled part of the way on Sunday and found a mooring at Runnymede. 
£7 a night to moor here and it is National Trust land.  A very pleasant gentleman came to relieve us of our money.

A delightful mooring at Runnymede for Petroc, marred only by the proximity of a rather busy road.

I fact if we had gone just a little further round the corner we could have had a better mooring further away from the road, but by the time we had discovered that, we couldn`t be bothered to move.

A slow start today as we only had two locks to go and a few miles to Windsor.

We were sufficiently early that the trip boats were still abed on their moorings.

A solitary Heron is awake though

The castle towering above the trees.

We rather fancied mooring on the Eton side for a change but despite there being a space, it was not for us.  The banks are the right height for cruisers but not for narrow boats with dogs on board.  I would have been hard pushed to get on and off, let alone poor Barney.

However there was a Petroc sized space on the end of the island which was very congenial.  

Once moored up, despite being ready for a relaxing time, Geoff decided to walk to the large Tesco`s.

The only reason was that he was out of Tesco`s own cans of London Gin & Tonic!!  What some people will do ........

He discovered it was a lot further than he thought so decided to catch a bus back, which was a little help but not much!   It didn`t go the way he thought it ought to have done and he ended up in the middle of town so had another long walk back....needless to say after lunch he had a longer than usual siesta.....
I have offered to show him how to use google maps on his phone which would tell him the right bus to catch and exactly which way it would go, but he is not receptive to the idea.

Total distance:5.66 miles Elapsed time:2h26m10s
Locks:2 Bridges:5 
Average speed:2.32 mph (3.14 lock/mph)