Having spent a few days in Windsor I continued down the Thames through Chertsey, past Runnymede and Hampton Court Palace and am now moored up in Kingston-on-Thames. Runnymede is of course famed for the signing of the Magna Carta, quite appropriate in Election week. And also the John F Kennedy memorial.
The rather splendid house boat "Astoria" dating from 1911 is moored in Hampton. It was owned originally by the famous showman Fred Karno who used it to entertain guests including Charlie Chaplin.
It was bought by Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour in 1986 who converted into a recording studio because he spent half of his life in recording studios with no windows, no light, but ion the boat there are many windows, with beautiful scenery on the outside.
And now I'm preparing to tackle the tidal Thames through central London and looking forward to passing the houses of parliament and tower bridge.
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