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Looking out of the wheelhouse window when he turned up!

Caught a fish

turn it round

Going

Going

Gone

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Wow what a year we have had! We have traveled 732 nautical miles that’s 843 statute miles up and down the river between Oxford and Central London ( Lymhouse) have attended  the Thames boat show the Thames Traditional Boat-show and the IWA National at Beale Park. Both of us have managed to fit in a Training course/Assessment  at Bisham Abby Sailing School, where we attained our Inland Waterways Helmsman qualification, Carol gained the International Certificate of Competence Inland and I Inland and Coastal. Both of us also passed the CEVNI test for knowledge of the  ( European Inland Waterways Navigation Rules) so we are now set for the Continent except for France that is, as you have to pass the test in french there if your vessel is over 20 meters. The weather  throughout has been exceptional with very little rain and we have been rewarded with beautiful scenery, the river has been relatively quiet so mooring has been with the odd exception easy. We have met with loads of old friends and made many more during the year and this has led us to change our plans for next year postponing our planned trip to Europe to join Doz and Dave who we met on our travels in a trip down the Kennet and Avon Canal to Bristol out of the Bristol Channel and up the Severn  to Sharpness where we will travel to Gloucester and on up the river to Stourport. After which who can tell. Next week end we will weather / snow permitting travel up the Midlands to have Christmas with our Family ( we pack this in to three hectic days ) before returning to plan for Christmas on the boat with friends Gerald and Ann.   We are hoping to get out of the Marina and out onto  the river hopefully to Pangbourne for the holiday period. In the meantime I am catching up on loads of maintainace jobs that tend to get ignoored whilst cruising and fabricating some extra bits such as an anchor bracket for the secondary anchor, steps etc. Shortly I will have to fit some new navigation lights as the ones fitted by the builder are not big enough for cruising at sea or in France. It all serves to keep me busy.

Some pictures you have not yet seen.

The Bodleian

Head of the river pub the traditional finish line of inter Collage boat races

Inevitable at Oxford

A Retired old Collage Barge

There’s no Place like Gnome ??

Flying the Flag for Scouting

Lost The Plot the last Christmas before we sold her

At Fradley Junction

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