Mark came along to Kingston to help me get off the Thames and onto the River Wey at Shepperton. There was quite a strong current due to the weirs being opened to get the levels back down to normal. It was also very cold due to the wind. With Marks advice I went round the wrong side of some of the islands. Had lunch en route.
The hairiest bit was going across the bottom of the weir at Shepperton to get to the Wey. There was a very strong current which bounced off the oppsite bank causing a whirlpool in front of the mouth of the Wey.
We did not need to use the gates on the outer pound at Thames lock to get over the cill as the level was 3ft higher than usual!
Moored above the lock for the night. We were collected by car from here to be taken back to the real world for the evening.
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