Early start to get to Woodford for an early lunch. There were more boats around today. It was cool but mainly sunny.
One of the locks had a radial gate rather than a straight vertical gate.
When we arrived at Woodford the moorings were not marked so we overshot and had to go back to moor in a field below the church, which apparently was the right place.
Went for lunch in the Dukes Arms. We had a main course as they were cheaper at lunchtime and we were expecting to be in an unknown pub that evening. I had the Venison stew.
In the afternoon we decided only to go as far Islip and Thatcham where we would be able to get milk and there would be a choice of pubs.
Fortunately we had been talking to a local boat crew so we knew how to find the mooring. It's tucked away just above the bridge. It was already full with 2 narrowboats so we breasted up with the longer one. Later on another narrowboat came alongside us.
Walked through Islip and across the river to Thatcham to check out the pubs and buy the milk. We also had a pint in the Masons Arms, a Charles Wells pub.
Later we went for a meal in the Woolpack which was better than we expected. The food especially was very good. We took advantage of the 2 course early bird menu. I had a Chicken Ceasar Salad followed by Sorbets.
Walked to the other pub in Islip but found this to be permanently closed. So we went back to the Woolpack.
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