Normal service has been resumed
Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 08:01PM Ok, its been a while. We finally got back to our home mooring in Staines on sunday the 23rd of February. Typically, we had gone away to Suffolk for the weekend for a change of scene (or at least a change of hotel). On saturday Claire our landlady sent us a text saying that the river conditions were getting better, so on sunday morning Mary rang the lock keeper at Shepperton lock who confirmed this was the case.
So we checked out of the hotel early and drove back to Weybridge, calling friends Hannah and Ed (and Harry) on the way for crew. Luckily they were free. We got to Misterton at about 2:30 in the afternoon and I fired up the engine straight away ready to go. As soon as the others arrived, we cast off into the flow of the Thames. Even though the river was on 'yellow' caution warning, there was still quite a strong current as we manoevered over to the lock. I nearly hit some pilings near the entrance but managed to narrowly avoid this through either skill or luck (I suspect the latter).
From then on the trip was fairly slow, I was a little worried about Chertsey bridge as it can be a little bit tricky getting through as this video shows. These guys are professionals, in much stronger flow, but even so, I was still a bit worried.
However, we managed to get through without any drama. As we entered Chertsey lock they took it off 'Red' and moved it to Yellow, so we could go through and onwards to Staines. Mary made a video of the journey home.
Finally we arriveed just as it was getting dark, it was a great relief to be back and a huge thanks to all that helped over the last year!
Now that we're back, more normal activities such as rebuilding the injection pump for the engine can resume. Here is Nate with the rebuilt pump and injectors, now we just have to figure out how it all goes back together.
Reader Comments (3)
Glad you, Mary, Nate and Misterton are safely home.
But the video didn't have enough of your big furry hat. Can we have more photos before it hibernates for the summer?
Glad you're all back in one piece - don't leave it so long 'til the next post . . . PLEASE!!
Finally you are back online! Kept looking and kept checking. Glad to see Misterton is well. Keep posting love reading all about it but must confess love to see how Nate is growing up so quickly. Much Love Carolyn x