Rain

When you think of Henley, you think of straw boaters, striped blazers and Pimms, sunshine sparkling on a river full of rowing boats...

It wasn't like that for us.   For us it was more anoraks and hot tea, and we were the only ones out on the water (everyone else having sensibly coughed up the £10 mooring fee) when the sky went very dark.

Here's Temple Island, just before the thunder and lightning started and I had to close the canopy completely.

We limped on down the river until we got to Maidenhead, which has 24-hour moorings near the town centre for £8.  That seemed like a bargain in the circumstances - yet more rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning -  so that's where we're moored up tonight.

Well, that's where the boat is.  The captain and crew are in a hotel just across the road, and while some might say that's cheating, I really don't care:  we're washed, warm, watching daytime telly and feeling pretty wonderful.