Her maj was in Windsor for the weekend. And so were we. Well for Saturday night at least.
Windsor was very busy both in the town and on the river. I walked into Eton which is grand in a genteel English way. Shops selling pin striped morning suits and boaters' striped blazers - uniform for the Etonians I guess. Back to our mooring just by the railway bridge on a park. Pleasant enough here with the Saturday night party boats disco-ing past, one of which was the wedding party from Monkey Island. We made friends with our neighbours, a lady called Kate ( or Kent, as Pete heard her name!) from a boat that has been shadowing us, 'Morning Mist'. She is headed for a winter mooring at Wenlock Basin near Islington from where she will start a year's drama course! Sounds like an interesting episode in her life.
On a dank, warm Sunday morning we pressed on out of touristy Windsor, past the Crown Estate beneath the castle which seems to go on for miles along the river - no moorings allowed here of course. Very pretty as the trees are starting to turn red. We moored at Runnymede in a very ordinary stretch not near the historical part and who should join us but Morning Mist. It looked as if they would be mooring abreast as there were no spaces left, but as they came in the boat behind us left, so we are neighbours once again.
Maj having a bit of improvement works done on the castle?
Windsor's town planning dept needs a kick - if these ghastly buildings weren't there you would see through to the castle.
Windsor was very busy both in the town and on the river. I walked into Eton which is grand in a genteel English way. Shops selling pin striped morning suits and boaters' striped blazers - uniform for the Etonians I guess. Back to our mooring just by the railway bridge on a park. Pleasant enough here with the Saturday night party boats disco-ing past, one of which was the wedding party from Monkey Island. We made friends with our neighbours, a lady called Kate ( or Kent, as Pete heard her name!) from a boat that has been shadowing us, 'Morning Mist'. She is headed for a winter mooring at Wenlock Basin near Islington from where she will start a year's drama course! Sounds like an interesting episode in her life.
On a dank, warm Sunday morning we pressed on out of touristy Windsor, past the Crown Estate beneath the castle which seems to go on for miles along the river - no moorings allowed here of course. Very pretty as the trees are starting to turn red. We moored at Runnymede in a very ordinary stretch not near the historical part and who should join us but Morning Mist. It looked as if they would be mooring abreast as there were no spaces left, but as they came in the boat behind us left, so we are neighbours once again.
Maj having a bit of improvement works done on the castle?
Windsor's town planning dept needs a kick - if these ghastly buildings weren't there you would see through to the castle.
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