Yes & yes. Just hope that the flow is kinder to you than to me!
Barry
Nb currentlyontheWey
and another really slow haul to "The Plough" at Long Wittenham via the
navigable weir stream. Trying to moor proved very tricky with the boat trying
to turn in the flow, but eventually I managed to secure the centre line to the
jetty then, by extending the front line and throwing it ashore, got that secure
too! Up to the pub for a few pints of IPA and liver and onions--great! Just for
a change there was no mobile phone signal.
Thursday 26 October 2006
A very mild night--I thought that the flow might have abated. No such
luck--when a swan glided by with his feet tucked nonchalantly behind his neck
and his beak pursed in a tuneless whistle but still doing approximately 40
m.p.h. I knew that the start this morning was going to be tricky. At first I
attempted a clockwise turnabout but neatly took a slice out of the mudbank
opposite. Powering around into the stream once more, I tried counter-clockwise
and successfully trimmed the tree on the other bank. Backing off, I finally
managed to shoot down the weir stream and turn laboriously into the lock cut.
The lockie gave me another red warning card to add to my collection.
Keir Gale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Local knowledge please. Is there enough room to wind a 70' boat at the end of
the Clifton Weir Stream at Long Whittenham, on the Thames? And does it get busy
up there? For instance, would it be easy to tie up for the night at the Plough
in early May?
Thanks
Keir
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