New Waters For us.

Sunday morning and there was alot of activity on the canal as Banbury was hosting a canoe competition i was great to see so many young people enjoying the water.

Canoes coming past

Monday morning we said goodbye to Banbury as we continuing along the Oxford canal not really sure where we are going to go. We will be returning to Banbury Thursday as we are planning to get  bus to Oxford on Friday and we should have one of Sharon’s dearest friends visit us on Monday in Banbury.

We filled with water at the service station then enjoyed a nice steady cruise. We saw King’s Sutton in the distance it has a really lovely church steeple (camera Battery Flat). We moored close to    Nell’s Bridge 187. We had a very relaxing time whist moored there for 2 days not very many boat’s moving. There is a very nice Farm shop here so we had a look around but only brought 2 bags of coal from them as we were getting a bit low.

Friday morning we left our mooring and headed back towards Banbury, There are a lot of leaf’s from trees in the canal and it was slow going at times to get through. We were standing on the back of Tacet enjoying the weather when we heard an almighty bang and we thought something major had happened in the engine bay but when I checked it was all ok it was then that I noticed our very nice Kingfisher Tiller pin was missing it must of unscrewed and feel onto the deck making the bang and then fell in the canal, we are very sad to have lost this as it was a very nice tiller pin.

We are moored in exactly the same place we had moored whilst in Banbury last week.

Saturday we got a bus to Oxford for the day. What a lovely city it is with so many great buildings to look at. We really enjoyed just walking around and enjoying the city. We had a very enjoyable lunch in a pub. All too soon we had to get the bus back as we didn’t want to leave Eddy alone to long.

Lovely Place

Really Nice Window

On Monday we had one of Sharon’s friends visit. Angela and Philip had been to Stratford upon Avon for the weekend and popped in to see us on their way back to Ipswich. We had a very enjoyable couple of hours catching up and it was all too soon to say our goodbyes to Angela and Philip.

Sharon & Angela

Angela & Philip

We are heading off to Cropredy Wednesday morning and have invited Kevin and Shirley from Jenny Wren around for a meal we first met them in Lymm along while ago and on Monday Sheila took us to Aldi in their car so we have got full cupboards again.

Time Travelled Monday 3 Hrs Distance 4 Miles 3 Locks

Time travelled Friday  3 Hrs Distance 4 Miles 3 Locks

Total Distance Travelled 944. Miles 

207 Locks (Broad ) 432 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 10957 yards   
Total Time 501.5 hours  

We Are Loving It so Much