Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Forward to Godalming

Eventually the urge to move on comes and after a pleasant few days we pushed on to Godalming.
 This old tree stump looks like a horse`s head.

 

The entry and end (left) of navigation in Godalming is very much a non event. No large basin to wind (turn) just the one warehouse now used by the horseboat as a resting stable. The river makes a sharp turn (right) and becomes shallow so the boats have to turn at this corner amongst boats moored where they can find room. Godalming is a small Surrey town with a good selection of shops. We stocked up on groceries at Sainsbury`s and I managed to get ATF for a gearbox service and distilled water to top up the batteries.
 Just after leaving Godalming the horse drawn boat carrying a full load of passengers approached.

 This is Broadford bridge and I can tell you it is a tiny bit higher on the towpath side. On the way back we managed to scrape a lot of rust from the underside of the bridge so I`m guessing about an inch less room this side.
 The headroom gauge reads 2 meters (6ft 3inches) which could lessen following a lot of rain so be aware if you boat this way.

Another lovely mooring just far enough past the bridge that we can`t hear the traffic.

5 comments:

  1. ken and Sue nb CleddauJuly 24, 2013 at 4:01:00 PM GMT

    1 metre = 39 and a quarter of an inch. 1 inch = 25.4 millimetres. So call it about 300mm to 1ft and 2m = 6ft 6 and a half inches.
    Love
    Ken
    (sorry it's the engineer in me and all of those UK/USA programs where I had to convert measures continuously in my head!)

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  2. Oh no... I hope NB Valerie is okay after her brush with the bridge!

    We start our week's cruise on the Caldon and T&M tomorrow. Your blog inspired the choice of the Caldon. Will let you know how it goes.

    Cheers, Alistair

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  3. Ken
    You are quite correct and why I put 6-3 when I actually intended 6-6 I`m not sure. Still wrong but near enough for the non engineer.
    See you soon.
    Les

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  4. Alistair
    Enjoy your trip and perhaps we will meet another time.
    Les

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  5. Alistair
    I had a post it note on the laptop to put a mention on the blog as we came to Abingdon.
    As you say another time.

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