20th Sept Friday
Moored in Maidenhead, just by Brunel's railway bridge and beside a private road of huge houses with their separate private river gardens. A glorious day today, warm and sunny and we sat on the grassy bank watching the world go by.
On Saturday we went on through Bray. We had thought of mooring here but the are no public moorings and when I asked the lock keeper if we were right in thinking this, he confirmed it, saying Bray doesn't like the river! He told us that Heston has bought up the last pub there and is planning on making it a chocolatier (if that's what they're called?) chocolate emporium anyway. So Bray has no ordinary eateries or bars left it would seem, what with the Waterside Inn and Heston's Fat Duck and his pub. We might have tried the pub had we been able to moor however. Lock keeper told us there is a perfectly decent Italian restaurant somewhere on the outskirts - he is obviously not impressed with the snobbery of the village. And we are not too pleased that there are no moorings for us riff raff either.
We passed Monkey Island where a large river boat was obviously preparing for a big wedding, railings being decorated with net and ribbons. I expect the guests must be staying in the hotel here - a lovely setting.
Moored in Maidenhead, just by Brunel's railway bridge and beside a private road of huge houses with their separate private river gardens. A glorious day today, warm and sunny and we sat on the grassy bank watching the world go by.
On Saturday we went on through Bray. We had thought of mooring here but the are no public moorings and when I asked the lock keeper if we were right in thinking this, he confirmed it, saying Bray doesn't like the river! He told us that Heston has bought up the last pub there and is planning on making it a chocolatier (if that's what they're called?) chocolate emporium anyway. So Bray has no ordinary eateries or bars left it would seem, what with the Waterside Inn and Heston's Fat Duck and his pub. We might have tried the pub had we been able to moor however. Lock keeper told us there is a perfectly decent Italian restaurant somewhere on the outskirts - he is obviously not impressed with the snobbery of the village. And we are not too pleased that there are no moorings for us riff raff either.
We passed Monkey Island where a large river boat was obviously preparing for a big wedding, railings being decorated with net and ribbons. I expect the guests must be staying in the hotel here - a lovely setting.
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