15th June '15

Well we're moored in our usual spot by the back of the Gaol at Reading!
Have had a day filled with wildlife spottings!
We saw a cuckoo; lots of proper geese; lots of crested grebes, including a baby diving alongside a parent (very sweet); a grass snake swimming in the river and some hooter geese ( they look as if they're wearing glasses!).
We've spotted several places we fancy mooring and getting a closer look at, and so we want to spend a bit longer going upstream. We've pretty much decided we won't go on down to London as it would simply be a rush and we've got down here so quickly we want to savour the journey back.
So far we've got Jess and Ju coming for a weekend, and Jan and Rog visiting us at Bradford on Avon. Hopefully some others will come and find us somewhere or another! No help as yet offered for Caen Locks but I live in hope!
We've found Dave and Sharon but they are going to wait here a few days so we shall be off tomorrow and hope the going is a bit easier than last time! No more white water rafting I hope.