Lock Stats
Today: 9 locks
Grand total: 102 locks
Grand total: 102 locks
To go: 177 locks
I started off the Morning by going in to Theale. Although a little walk from the canal, Theale was a good place to restock and more importantly had a good selection of cafe's so I had a coffee and bacon bap!
Having had breakfast my aim was to get through Reading and I wasn't intending stopping. It was distinguished by people driving motorbikes along the towpath and children playing with machetes by the side of locks. lock 106 felt like the last of the K&A locks and although there was not much flow in the river Kennet the lock still required care to be taken and you would not want to get stuck on the Weir.
Lock 107, Blake's lock was the last official K&A lock however the style of lock had changed to that of the Thames locks and also from here on in this was my first experience (on my own boat) of the Thames. One of the outstanding experiences that I had on the Thames was how friendly and helpful the lock keepers were so a big thanks to them! :)
I started off the Morning by going in to Theale. Although a little walk from the canal, Theale was a good place to restock and more importantly had a good selection of cafe's so I had a coffee and bacon bap!
Having had breakfast my aim was to get through Reading and I wasn't intending stopping. It was distinguished by people driving motorbikes along the towpath and children playing with machetes by the side of locks. lock 106 felt like the last of the K&A locks and although there was not much flow in the river Kennet the lock still required care to be taken and you would not want to get stuck on the Weir.
Lock 107, Blake's lock was the last official K&A lock however the style of lock had changed to that of the Thames locks and also from here on in this was my first experience (on my own boat) of the Thames. One of the outstanding experiences that I had on the Thames was how friendly and helpful the lock keepers were so a big thanks to them! :)
Having left it fairly late I was lucky to get a mooring at Pangbourne Meadow. One great thing about the wide Thames was that you can turn around in most places so I checked out the available moorings and then realised that my best bet was to moor heather under a tree that everyone else had avoided. In the photos bellow the boat looks like it's in the middle of nowhere but there were maybe twenty or more boats on the meadow either side of me.
Pangbourne however was great and there were lots of pubs, cafés and shops chose from. In the evening I met up with some friends at The Swan. The location was lovely but we had a real problem with the service from the staff, it may of been because it was so busy, who knows!
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