After the waterworld of Christmas, New Year’s Day was inspiring with blue skies and brilliant sunshine, which we toasted with a walk across Barnes Bridge followed by a sparkling glass of champagne.
Boats out on the river and everybody and his dog tramping along the muddy banks of the Thames with smiles on their faces. A promising start to 2013 …

Messing about in boats – down by the river looking at Barnes on New Year’s Day … with an ecstatic dog … !
And then we went home and toasted the New Year in with our best bottle of champagne.
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