Easter Sunday happens next. We are still on a cruise in our minds but we are going every where by car. Batman and Robin

excelled themselves today and booked us all into the Boulter’s Brasserie at Boulters lock in Maidenhead. If you haven’t been there …go. Great food and better views, looking straight down the Thames. There is even a mooring.

Of course, being an Easter Cruise the idea was that we would all pile on two or three boats and sail the short distance from Windsor Marina to the restaurant, and then mosey on home again afterwards. But of course the cruise was off and we all arrived from our various locations by car.

And of course there was an Easter Bonnet competition.

 

After the excitement of the competition and the delights of lunch, it was of course Easter Egg time. A little thank you to every one for coming along and making a fun weekend out of a meteorological disaster!

Here are pics of most of you,

courtesy of Mo..

Odyssea, Cartagena and Etta

Conway Star, Harbour Lights and Darkest dreaming

Harbour Lights, Conway Star and Silver SceptreHarbour Lights, Conway Star and Silver Sceptre

Speedbird and CalegOdyssea and K-ser-A and CartagenaK-ser-A and Odyssea and White Onyx and Brainwave

Andrew thanked everyone at the end:

First of all thank you very much for your participation this weekend, and making the most of this somewhat disrupted Easter cruise. In typical TMYC fashion I think we have managed to make the most of everything the weather has thrown at us. So the weekend has been great fun for us, because of you. If a little unnecessarily stressful at times!

We were always looking forward to the first boating event of the season, not least because of the superb programme devised by the master organiser David Jones. David please come and accept this thank-you from us. David was ably assisted by his right-hand man Keith Robbins who volunteered to sort out this fine venue today. Keith please come and accept this gift from us. David also tells me that I should thank, in particular Chris Turner and Derek Prentice for helping so much over the weekend.

And as its Easter Sunday I would like to wish you all a Happy Easter in the traditional manner:

First of all to those boats who made it to Runnymede with us – Speedbird and Darkest Dreaming, please accept this Easter Egg. Flying Colours can’t be with us unfortunately as Pat has gone to outpatients this morning. We await news.

Secondly a Happy Easter to the people who braved the muddy goose poo around Etta to join us onboard for a drink on Friday night. Conway Star and Harbour Lights, here are your Easter Eggs.

Then there was the boat that got to Staines, that’s nearly Runnymede – Caleg.

And the boat that got as far as Sunbury! Brainwave…

Then four boats that decided very sensibly not to even leave their moorings this weekend – Severa, White Onyx , K-ser-A and Odyssea

And the boat that was never going to leave its moorings – Silver Sceptre.

And last but not least the couple who left their boat in the Netherlands – Cartagena.