On To Banbury

Tuesday we left Cropredy mid-morning and stopped at the service station for water and to get rid of some rubbish.

Cropredy Lock Blue Skies Still.

 We made steady progress and cruised at a sedate pace taking in all the lovely scenery. The weather was a little cloudy but it was still warm. The trees are turning a lovely colour and we are surprised at how many of the bushes still had berries on them, we have been told this means it will be a late winter as the birds have not eaten them.

Lovely Cruising weather

We passed under the the M40 twice the traffic seems to be going so fast but its most likely because we have been used to going so slow. The locks on the Oxford canal are really easy to use apart from leaking a bit.
After doing Hardwick Lock its just over one mile in to Banbury. We have moored near to the park and its a very nice mooring to.
My knee injury has come back and given me some pain so I made an appointment with Banbury Health centre, so after seeing the Doctor who has confirmed that I have a Tendon Injury. I have been told I need to rest my knee as much as possible. The moorings in Banbury are 2 days so I called CRT and explained to them about my injury. They were fantastic and have allowed us to stay over the 2 days just to keep them informed  of how my injury is healing. So we agreed to stay at Banbury until Monday and then move on if my knee allows it.
Some friends we met at Lymm way back in the summer Shirley & Kevin off N/B Jenny Wren work in Banbury so we did met up with them and enjoyed a meal out one evening. It was great to see them again.

Saturday morning we got a phone call from Mike & Karel who wanted to come and see us so we spent a lovely afternoon catching up they have become really good friends and we will be seeing them again before christmas.

So that takes us up to today.

Time Travelled Tuesday 3 Hrs Distance 4 Miles 4 Locks

Total Distance Travelled 936. Miles 

207 Locks (Broad ) 426 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 10957 yards   
Total Time 495.5 hours  

We Are Loving It so Much