We take to the River Thames! - Day 11

Well, we have taken charge of The Tchaikovsky at Windsor Marina.  The Thames may never be the same!  Chris and Ken drove us for almost 2 hours in rather heavy traffic to the Marina.  We checked in and were given a rather daunting lesson about propane, electricity, water, toilet, shower, how to properly dock etc etc by a lovely man named Richard.

Meanwhile, Chris and Ken went to Tesco's and brought back a lovely meal of bread, wine, cheese, ham and pate.  What more does anyone need?  So, after our lesson, we cast off and went up and down toward the locks both upstream and downstream, but decided we'd try to locks tomorrow when we feel more confident of the boat handling.  It was lovely and sunny, so we had a nice meal in the sun while cruising past grand estates on the river. Mark and I had visions of Mrs. Bucket's riparian adventures...just hope we don't fall in the river like she did!  Before Chris and Ken left, we all went back to Tesco's for a few more supplies.

The Tchaikovsky is pretty small! We stowed away most of our clothes as best we could.  There is no privacy and hardly a "private bedroom".  We are much relieved that Michael and Nancy did not join us as I think it would have been a little too small to manage very well.  At any rate, we set up our bed at the front of the boat and had another little meal.