Day - Thursday
Start - Shepperton
End - New Haw Bridge, Wey Navigation
We left our mooring in bright sunshine at 10 AM. One of our first tasks
was to fill with water, the nearest water point was at Chertsey Lock
which was one lock up stream. There was a very good flow on the river
and we had a lot more power on going up than we did coming back down.
After going through Shepperton Lock for the second time in the morning
we turned hard right into Wey. This proved very interesting with the
amount of water coming through Shepperton Weir swirling round in the
entrance. Once into the Wey Thames Lock cut where things were again
quiet we came up behind "The Sharp End" a narrowboat that had been
moored at Hampton Court when we were there. Onboard was Aileen Butler
and her partner, well know wrg and NABO Council member.
After parting with £15 as a deposit for a Wey windlass to operate the
locks we were allowed into Thames Lock. Here we were instructed to ,turn
off engines, use ropes fore and aft, open both gates before entering or
leaving, leave gates open and paddles down when leaving. We then both headed
off to do three locks by ourselves mooring just above New Haw Lock for
the night at about 3 pm as tomorrow we go up the Basingstoke Canal at
9-30 AM.
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