Sunday morning we woke to a rather grey morning. As our friends kevin & Shirley from N/B Jenny Wren had arranged for us to moor in Cropredy marina for a couple of days we set off around 10.30 down to the winding hole below Banbury lock.
We had a very nice cruise up to cropredy and were a little surprised to find ice on the canal in some exposed places but it was very thin.
We arrived at Cropredy at 1.30 and moored next to Kevin & Shirley. We had been invited for a late/ very early christmas dinner aboard Jenny Wren. Kevin & Shirley have only had christmas day of in the last 3 months due to there work so sunday was there christmas day and we were very pleased to have been invited to join them.
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| Christmas Table Laid |
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| Me & Kevin Hats And All |
Sunday night we had a hard frost with the temperature getting down to -3 in the cratch of Tacet. The marina had a sheet of ice over it and no boats moved on the marina however one boat was breaking ice on the canal but going very slow as the ice was quite thick. We had another hard frost Tuesday night down to -2.7 the marina is well and truly frozen solid. We are booked in to stay till Friday but may have to stay until the ice goings. We are very lucky to be in the marina as we are hooked up to electric and are safe and warm.
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| Frosty Start to The Day |
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| Frosty In The Marina |
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| Cropredy Church |
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| Frozen Oxford canal |
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| Rather Icey on The Side Of This Bpoat |
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| Frozen Cob Web |
Time Travelled Sunday 3 Hrs Distance Travelled 4 Miles 6 Locks.
Total Distance Travelled 1048.5 Miles
207 Locks (Broad )513 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock
Total Tunnel length 10957 yards
Total Time 560.5 hours
We Are Loving It so Much
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Christmas? Where did that year go?
ReplyDeleteGlad to read you timed your marina arrival 'spot on' to give you real home comforts in this cold spell. Keep warm!
Another year bits the dust and sadly we will be returning to the hum drum world of work this year. See you all soon for a party in the summer house
DeleteWe plan to pop up for a few days next week. Will try and find you.
ReplyDeleteHi to you both we will have moved on to Fenny Compton this Saturday. we will be spending a few days there. Hope we may still be able to catch up
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