The Thames

A quick dip in the daylight was required to test the river before we tried it at night. There was a feeling of trepidation about hitting,what we felt was , the open water having only tried the beast on the lake. We went to Lechlade and carried (dragged) the boat to a quiet launching spot. We both managed to get in without capsizing and after a few minutes got into s good rhythm, the only slight problem being steering which was magnified on a narrow, winding river. We got down to the first lock and feeling that we had achieved our goal, turned round and set off back to our launching spot.