Shepperton to Guildford on The River Wey

We set off from our overnight mooring at about 9.30am after Christine had got her weekly fix(The Mail on Saturday) and of course breakfast, although we had forgotten to get the sausages and bacon out of the freezer last night so had to settle for boiled eggs. It was very cold as we were travelling down a channel of large oak trees and the sun just didn't break through to warm us up. It was also very dark and I expect this had a bearing on our views of The River Wey. We had heard so much of what a pretty river it is but we just didn't see it that way. Perhaps it is because we have been lucky enough to travel some of the really outstanding Rivers and Canals. We are meeting up with Lottie and Matt tomorrow and are really looking forward to seeing them both. We plan to cruise down to Godalming and back with an on board lunch on route.  I am sure that the river will live up to it's  reputation for the last stretch as what I have seen online looks good.


You can just see the Old Priory to the right of the picture



M'Lady the boat we shared most of the locks with down to Guildford



The last remaining Turf Lock on The River Wey



Unusual waterfall side stream at this lock