Tuesday, 5th May, Kelmscott
We had a wander around Lechlade, with the intention of visiting the local butchers shop and browsing in the Antiques centre, where I usually manage to find a few books that are of interest. In the Butchers, they had a selection of sausage rolls, pasties and pies that looked quite good. Under questioning by Myra, the young girl assistant admitted that the pastries had not been baked that morning; being the day after the Bank Holiday weekend they must have been at least made on Saturday, possible even Friday.
We decided to forget that idea and go looking for books instead; calling in at the local Londis store as we were passing.
The Antiques centre was open, but it contained less items than on our previous visit two years ago, however, I did buy two books.
We returned to Martlet and moved off in very windy conditions; it took no time to turn the boat around with the help of the wind and arrived at St. John’s Lock just as Pete the keeper returned from weir duty at Grafton. We chatted to him for a while and having sorted out the problems of the country, went down to Buscot Lock where we had a longer chat to the keeper, John. He had been the owner of a lovely wooden boat named Popocatepetl, which he had sold three years ago and we had seen at Horton Lock on our way to Brentford.
We were virtually blown down to Kelmscott, where we moored up.
Keith and his friend David in Nb Halcyon passed us on their way upstream, they were the only boat that we had seen moving all day.
2009 Totals – Locks 152; Miles 225; Bus pass uses 2.
