25th June
Moving on from Beale Park, we moored just past Day's Lock on probably my most favorite mooring on this part of the Thames: Dorchester.
We weren't sure we could get in as it is quite shallow here, but Pete's masterly maneuvering got us in safely without the depth alarm going (something we have never had before). This used to be a free mooring but now you are requested to phone a payment of £8 to the estate, which is a little irritating as their phone number on the sign is so small you can't read it until you are right into the bank past the moment of no return! Well worth it though. We traipsed in to pretty Dorchester across the fields for supplies and an ice lolly - such a hot day. Then back onboard for dinner and the sun going down.
Again, there was only us and the birds; a skylark to greet us and geese at dusk.....such peace.
Moving on from Beale Park, we moored just past Day's Lock on probably my most favorite mooring on this part of the Thames: Dorchester.
We weren't sure we could get in as it is quite shallow here, but Pete's masterly maneuvering got us in safely without the depth alarm going (something we have never had before). This used to be a free mooring but now you are requested to phone a payment of £8 to the estate, which is a little irritating as their phone number on the sign is so small you can't read it until you are right into the bank past the moment of no return! Well worth it though. We traipsed in to pretty Dorchester across the fields for supplies and an ice lolly - such a hot day. Then back onboard for dinner and the sun going down.
Again, there was only us and the birds; a skylark to greet us and geese at dusk.....such peace.
Wittenham Clumps in the distance
just before sunset
pretty roofs in Dorchester
cooling down like a heron
love this - Marbella and Essex!!
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