Moving

Okay my darlings...l know that it's been a long time between posts but it's been a struggle this last 12 months...and adventures arrive in their own sweet time and not when I demand.

So...farewell to Reading and the South East and hello to the Midlands. YAY!!!
Now Reading had its good points...the Abbey, close to some gorgeous countryside and beautiful old villages, like Sonning and Henley...the marina had some wonderful birds and we saw, along the private road into the marina, bunnies, tiny munkjack deer, and foxes. However...we made no friends, had hardly any folk, were broke most of the time (Berkshire is expensive), and I am not saying that the entire county was filled with entitled twats but that's how it felt. Now Dave's work has an office in Rugby and we jumped at the chance to move.
We spent some time looking at places to moor and found a lovely marina called Wigrams Turn. Our closest village is Napton on the Hill. Rugby is about a 20 minute drive for Dave...so a pleasant commute.

Now after our cruise last year that was supposed to be 8 days long and ended up taking 26 days...remembering that if Dave isn't at work he earns nothing...we counted the pennies and decided to truck Augusta up to the Midlands instead of cruising. Guaranteed to be there on the same day. Woot

Very nervous watching her being lifted out of the Thames...but the lift operators were so calm and professional that Augusta just gently and regardless of the fuss alighted onto the truck with grace...well with as much grace as her tonnage allows. 😍

We took down everything from the walls and shelves...stacked boxes against cupboards and the fridge and hoped that nothing would smash or break in transit. So far so good. 😊 

Dave's and I got into the car and drove to our new mooring...and waited for her to arrive at the drop off point. 

So...welcome to Wigrams Turn...just to illustrate the difference...within half an hour I met three dogs and their owners, met the neighbours and had a coffee with a lovely gentleman who told me tales of community bbqs and craft mornings, music nights and local handymen. Friendly spot 😀