Date - 18/05/08 Day - Sunday Start - Eton Rowing Lake 0915 End - Wargrave Mash visitor moorings 1830
It was good to see the sun when we woke this morning, even if it was accompanied by a cool breeze. We set off at 9.15am just as all the cruisers moored ahead of us were having breakfast. The reason they were all moored there was that they had held their annual bash at the Eton Rowing Club by the end of the rowing lake. The rowers from the schools were out in force and we watched as one pair of young ladies went flat out into the trees on the river bank, luckily they were not hurt. There was quite a bit more traffic about today and we shared most locks. Several sailing clubs were about tacking around and there was a rowing regatta at Maidenhead which added to the fun of dodging boats. Henley is going flat out getting ready for their regatta with most of the course laid out and if you wish to moor there for the week it will only cost you £250. The last lock we went through today was Marsh Lock, here one of the boaters managed to fall in the lock, luckily for him the lock was full and the lock keeper was about to open the gates , so the water level was almost up to the side and the undercurrents from the paddles had subsided, had it happened a few minuets earlier it could have been very nasty. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Join SOW and help save our waterways http://www.saveourwaterways.org
