6.5 miles 5 locks
We are off to visit the River Wey Navigations.
It will be the first time for about five years and if we get to the end of the Navigation at Godalming it will be the first time in almost fifteen years.
We left Molesey around 11:00am in good sunshine which was still with us at Sunbury Lock.
Little did we know of the torrential rain that was to come!
We used the 'new' sanitary station at the lock and then stopped at Shepperton Marina to get diesel, color gas and fill up with water.
Getting diesel at Shepperton is so much easier now the fuel jetties are longer and the hoses are at the very end of the jetty.
As we began to fill up with water the rain began to fall.
I turned Hallmark around amongst the expensive boats and headed back to the Thames.
Luckily a blast on the horn warned a cruiser about to turn into the tight marina cut I was coming.
As we got to the Desborough Cut the heavens opened and as they say it rained 'cats and dogs'
At Shepperton with the lock in sight we turned left at 'Five Way Junction' towards the River Wey entrance.
The wonderful Wey journey was about to begin,
We had hope to get to Pyrford by the end of day one but decided to call it a day at New Haw Lock.
Light was failing fast as we approached Coxes Lock and it looked like we were in for more heavy rain.
Despite the gloom it still look stunning.
Just after New Haw Lock we decided to call it a day and we moored Hallmark up at the very end of the lock moorings.
Google Places indicated that The White Heart was lest that 75 yards away.
We ate in the Thai Resturant in the pub and what a jolly good meal it was too.
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