This morning it was still raining. The weather forecast does not look good for the weekend, but then when did a bit of rain stop us? So we were off at 7:15 in the twilight, MIke wearing the "yachty" over trousers which come up to the chest, three layers on top plus the waterproof hi-vis orange from the railway work site. At Uxbridge we were surprised to see Terry on "ARUN" going opposite direction en-route to Ricky. At our combined speeds of passing there was only time for a few seconds of Mini-Gig. The rain eased off until we emerged from Tesco at Bulls Bridge, when it set in again with a vengence, but again had stopped at Greenford with a hint of sunshine for a few moments, then gloom. Nothing else seems to be moving, so we are hoping to be in Paddington by 4pm.
6:00pm update
We arrived at 15:50. There were no moorings on rings at Little Venice. It rather looks as if the whole line is occupied with winter moorings. So we pressed on into Paddington basin and again, at first appearances, it did not look good. However as we drifted down the line one space did appear, half under the office bridge. A quick visit to the weed hatch before closing up produced a clutch of ripped plastic bags of various descriptions. Finally much to or surprise, we have a good digital freeview (terrestrial) signal even though our little stick aerial is on the front of the boat right under the bridge.
I telephoned Brentford and Limehouse today to book our passage up the tidal Thames on Sunday. No potential problems apart from a river closure for a race Mortlake to Putney starting at 13:15. We should be at Brentford by then. High Tide London Bridge is 12:30.
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