Another glorious day on the Wey.

Sorry about the break in communication again but rest assures all is well. Since our aborted trip on the Basingstoke Canal we have been very busy. We took the decision to give it a miss this year and do it another time as we have to be off the Wey on Tuesday and we could only get on the Basingstoke at a weekend - no wonder it is considered an unfriendly canal.

Deserted and unused Basingstoke Canal

 However, this did us a favour!

 We enjoyed a great day at the Brooklands Museum using our bikes to get there and we enjoyed a 'flight' on Concorde! Then we had a most interesting bike ride along the Basingstoke Canal. It is a deserted canal with loads of algae and a very sad feel about it. We were astonished at the money that has been ploughed into it and no boats using it! The towpath however, is wonderful! A great shame!!!

Sid and bike on the excellent Basingstoke Canal towpath

 Then,on Friday we had a lovely visit and boat trip with Jenny's sister Rosie and her husband Steve. The weather was not kind to us and we all got wet but had a most enjoyable time. We had a delicious lunch at the New Inn at Send before they returned home and we ventured a short way to moor in the most idyllic spot.

The Burrows and the Isons on a 'Grand Day Out'

Back to Guildford again where Richard and Kaye came to see us. It was so good to see them and we enjoyed a lovely lunch and a very pleasant afternoon in the sunshine.

The Battens and the Burrows at Depdune Wharf

We planned to have little trip today but Sid lost his dental  crown in the night (luckily he didn't swallow it) so we went to A and E to see if they could do a temporary repair. The bikes came in useful again to get us there but sadly the Royal Surrey could not do anything but Tesco could! We bought a crown repair kit and returned to the boat where Sid fixed it! Dentist next stop.

We had a lovely walk along the towpath this afternoon and found the Chapel on St Catherine's Hill and are now enjoying a pint in the Brittania.

The engineer will be here tomorrow with our repaired water heater and Sid will try and get his tooth sorted, then we are back on the Thames.