Party Time.

The film 'Dad's Army was filmed extensively in and around Holderness and we had wanted to see it when it first came out but missed it so it was very fortunate that we caught it last night. It was pretty good, just like an extended version of the TV programme. The 'new' characters were believable replacements to. It was nice to see, Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough, Bridlington Old Town, but we didn't recognise the bits filmed in Beverely. It was good, seat not too bad and 50 or 60 in the Village Hall.

There was a funny noise about 0330. It sounded to me like the mooring ropes were tight and groaning so I wondered whether the water level had gone up/down so I got up to check. It must have been just the boat working on the wooden fendering. I took this photo of the coming dawn. Needless to say Helen didn't even know I had been up in the morning!

We hadn't got far to go today so we hung about for a while before going and seeing the lock keeper to sort our licence. In the end we settled for a two week one, and that one cost £122! It means that we will do the bit to Weybridge a bit faster than the original plan but needs must. A nice granite block on the tail of the lock.

Taken from the weir by the lock at Eynsham you can see that we seem to have been boxed in by buoys as though we are a wreck or something!!

This is the flood marks at Eynsham Lock and I have noticed that the height of the flood waters at many of the locks we have passed through is roughly the same, a couple of feet above the lock coping stone.

Once through the lock we topped up with water and then headed through Swinford Bridge. Swinford means the ford for pigs and basically came the depth of the ford as pigs could cross here.

Adam from 'Briar Rose' told me about the meadow moorings above the lock and they do look very appealing for the next time.

The weather started to look ominous and we were to have several heavy showers through the afternoon.

There were some hills that came closer to the river but mainly it is a very flat landscape, and whoever said that there was no space down here in the south has never been to this area as there is hardly a dwelling in sight. There are plenty using the Thames Path and lots in canoes etc on the water.

Hart's Bridge is built on the location one of the last flash lock on the Thames.

We found a mooring alongside the bank close to the 'Rose Revised' pub at Newbridge. We headed here to meet up with our friend Chris who was staying here for another function. We arrived in a downpour so no photos. We soon repaired to the bar where a mini session started. We ended up eating there too. By about 2030 we were fed and watered and after a visit to Chris's room, which was very nice indeed, we headed to the boat. After a cup of tea I set to making the rhubarb left, as we had no jars, into cordial. All done, but not tested yet. Chris has supplied me with several jam jars now so the last bit of rhubarb could well find itself into a jar or two of Rhubarb and Vanilla jam.