A day of culture today. First we cycled to the Oxford Botanic garden. This is great, we really enjoyed it. The herbaceous flowers  were at their best – really impressive.   We stayed here all morning and ate our lunch (just a sandwich from Boots!) in the grounds. Back on the bikes to go back

3 miles and 3 locks boating 6 miles cycling 3 miles walking We set off for the short trip to moor just above Dukes lock. We have moored there before and it’s convenient to go out onto the Thames via Duke’s cut. But when we got there all the available visitors space was taken. So

A long day. We hadn’t intended to get this far (20 miles & 12 locks) today, but the weather was good so we carried on intending to stop at Thrupp, but there were no free moorings. So it was about 6:00 before we stopped. The day didn’t start too good. We had only been going

Yesterday we drove to Monks Risborough to celebrate our son in law Paul’s birthday. A trip to Tesco.com this morning to top up with provisions for the London trip. I completed the engine service, changing the oil and filters. Rather than stay in the marina we decided to move out into Cropredy village and moored

The sun was shining so we made our usual early morning start. Walker Services at Aynho Wharf had diesel on at a very reasonable 78p/l and we needed just over 100 litres. A fairly uneventful and quiet day. We winded just before Pigeons Lock and then back up to near bridge 193. It was a

I cant believe it, six months since the boat last moved! Over the winter we have visited several times, but not gone anywhere (except across the marina for a pumpout!). On the way up to Cropredy we stopped off at Sudeley Castle for a ‘Home & Gardens’ show. We had a cheap Groupon ticket. The

Fairly uneventful day. There was quite a hold up at Hillmorton as one of the top locks was out of action, so to preserve water CRT had disabled one of each of the other two pairs.  It took us an hour and a half to get through. A stop to top up the water and

The last three days we have been at the Cutweb rally. Much socialising, drinking, eating and catching up with friends. Activities included, a treasure hunt, conkers, boules, an auction & a quiz.