The dream has come true!

We set off early, one because it was a lovely morning, and two the lock keeper hadn't been round for the overnight fee!

It was very calm early on and the scenery was great. It felt like you were on a boat trip in another country looking at all the celebs houses. You don't see this by car you need to be on the river. We made our way through Kingston and were surprised at the amount of moorings, but we didn't stop. We were also lucky enough to see a boat coming off the visitors moorings at Hampton Court so we stopped for breakfast. Afterwards we had a little walk around and picked up some provisions, not before we had a walk round the grounds and a photo with the beefeater at the gates.

We then got moving again and went through a couple of locks before we hit Hampton Regatta. There were rowing boats and fun boats everywhere. We had to give the horn a blast a couple of times to avoid a collision. We were still pinching ourselves, as we used to come down to these parts while Derwent6 was in build to watch the boats and dream........and it seemed really funny that the dream had come true. We are very lucky people!!!!

After passing through Sunbury and Walton on Thames we got to Weybridge. They were working on the visitors moorings here so we couldn't stop, but it looked lovely. We went past the entrance to the River Wey and into the lock to Chertsey. We manage to find a 24 hour mooring and had some lunch. We then went for a walk into Chertsey, which was a couple of miles. We got a call from Maxine and Graham who had an afternoon BBQ party in Hampton and were on their way to find us, so we made our way back to Derwent6. They turned up about 7.00pm with a bottle of wine so we had drinks and nibbles before we took a walk along to the pub half a mile away. We walked back in the dark looking in everyone's houses and then had coffees under candle light back on Derwent6. They stayed till 1.30am and we just love seeing them. We all had great fun!!!