The cruise from Cliveden Reach heading upriver to Henley-on-Thames passes through Marlow. This cruise starts off in a very untouched place with steep wooded hills on one side and lovely little islands scattered around the river. The locks are all very pretty and the scenery slowly becomes more rural. Most of the house's by the river are stunning! Passing through Marlow is very special and I wish we had time to stop at more places. Marlow looks gorgeous from the river, a very pretty little town.
Arriving at Henley-on-Thames we found a very easy, perfectly placed mooring for the night. Moored just down river of the stone, arched Henley bridge and opposite a row of eight gorgeous old boat house's. After a little shop and a snack we are now enjoying a nice glass of wine whilst watching the had working rower's and listening to some chilled out music.
Today passed mostly uneventful from mishaps. One narrow boat tried to overtake us as we were about to enter a tricky lock. He got pretty close about one metre away which distracted me enough to ruin my planned nice and easy, smooth entrance into the lock. We bounced off the lock from Kate's perfectly placed fenders and I poled Aukje back into position. I don't know what they were thinking! Poor seamanship award, for sure. Some people think it is a race into the lock.
We learnt that there are a lot of locks with fast flowing weir streams directly in front. These can be tricky and definitely need to be spotted in advance as they could catch you and send you quickly off course. The river is still flowing rather quickly which is described as yellow boards, but the rate of flow is expected to decrease.
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