After breakfast I poked my nose out of the boat - to see a chap in a hi-viz jacket on the far side of the river. After a while he was joined by a guy with a tripod, then another with a big hairy boom microphone. Before long there was a small crowd stood on the pontoon opposite. It transpired they were filming a programme of
Grand Designs with Kevin McLoud. As we were in the background Ceilidh may well be making an appearance on telly if the programme ever gets to air.
We decided to give Stockton some further flying lessons. Standing a short way from a park bench we could launch him and he would fly to the bench. This got further and further until he could fly half way across the park. Then a foolish attempt for him to fly to Annie. Just before he got there, he swerved off and landed in the top of a tree! After waiting a couple of hours for him to come down (picture it - a pigeon in a tree in a park!) we tried more drastic means. Tying two boat poles together I knocked him off to a lower branch, then stuck another pole under his bum so he stepped onto the end - then carefully lowered him down.....
We are meeting Annie's Aunt Penny tomorrow in Reading and she is joining us for a couple of days. We moved the boat up to our favourite spot near Sonning Lock to give us a short run in tomorrow to meet Penny at Reading station. Up to 27 degC today and we had a lovely day- but rain forecast for tomorrow.
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| Filming Grand Designs |
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| Passing through Marlow |
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| Temple Island, Henley |
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| Henley bridge |
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| A former Grand Designs subject Annie recognised |
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