It’s a bit different here on the upper reaches of the Thames (or should I say Isis?) The scenery is flatter, more meadows …. and, a delight for me, more farm animals. (I can lay off Farmville and Smurf Village for a while and get my rural kicks for real). Stewart kept calling “Cow!”Continue reading “Lock jams, boat jams and traffic jams with some bridges and animals.”
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Hope you like Red Kites
The red kites between Wallingford and Goring have been a bit easier to photograph, although they are still able to tease by sneaking out of the frame just as I click the button on the camera! Here are a few examples. and my earlier attempts …… (I think you will note some improvement)
Greetings from Goring on Thames
We like it here with views from the bridge (over to Streatley) ….. …. views from the back deck …. …. and a view OF the back deck Hold on, something’s missing …. Ah yes, Captain and crew! We like it SO much we came back again with Peter and Aileen.Continue reading “Greetings from Goring on Thames”
Just wondering ……
…….. if he is trying to build a crow’s nest on our mast? and if this is what is meant by swan upping?
So here I am trying a ship’s (b)log
Some of you asked for this, so I am trying it out during our upstream cruise to Oxford. The landscape is more rural and cow-like away from London! and the Canada Geese run gosling minding services to give some ganders a break.