A bit of a lie in this morning – away by 8:30. The forecast was for a warm day 26C plus! We followed a large group on an Oxfordshire Narrowbaots hire boat. They were all holding the boat on ropes going down the locks. It took us until 11:30 to get back into our mooring.
We had made plans re who we were leaving with and sharing locks last night. So just before 7:00 Andrew nudged Uncle Mort aside to allow us out and we set off with Neil and Linda on Earnest. Linda and I worked the locks and Heddi & Neil steered and we were at the top
Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been too good, so the bring and share lunch and the Morris Dancing on Saturday had to be indoors. But the weather did improve a little so the nerf shooting game moved to outside for the final rounds, Andrew G. won. Sunday morning saw the usual auction followed by lunch. Simon
we have arrived at the Blue Lias pub Long Itchington where we will spend the next few days at the Cutweb rally. We were off and away by 7:30, it was very peaceful going until we joined a queue of boats at Marston Doles. Progress was slow due to one boat being bow hauled backwards
We spent yesterday and this morning touching up the paintwork. The boat normally next to us is in the dry dock, so we took advantage of the extra space to push JH across and work on the side that we cant usually get at. The canal was fairly busy this morning, we st off after
For the last four days we have been staying in the marina. We arrived on Wednesday and Jan and Mike came on Thursday for the opening day. Each day we walk into the festival site, it’s about a mile and a half and we carry our chairs and enough cider for the day so it’s
The canal was busy today with lots of boats and short queues at some the locks, but otherwise an uneventful trip back to the marina.
An interesting day today! We set off early as the forecast was for another hot day. As we approached Duke’s cut lock we could see a small GRP cruiser in there. It was crewed by two young men (they looked like students). They appeared to be having problems, so we went up to take a
A short day today. We decided to make the most of the day left on our Thames licence by just chugging along slowly so we would get one more day on the river. Also the temperature was very hot so an early stop would be welcome. The Thames above Oxford is really beautiful and full
For the last few days we have been at Lechlade with our daughters, son in laws and most of our grandchildren. They were camping at Bridge House campsite. The time was spent chilling out, walking and playing pooh sticks at Inglesham Footbridge. They all left this afternoon so we set off downstream for a few hours