A nice quiet mooring last night beside the marina with a good TV signal and internet access on Three. This morning we were away at 11am to a bright sunny morning, I had to swing the bows out past the Rothen work boats, but with no wind it was not a problem. They are still restoring the bridge over the entrance to Braunston Marina, goodness knows how long its going to take, if CRT are paying for the plant sitting there you can see why its costing so much.
Braunston Church spire looked splendid in the morning sun, it was so nice I didn’t realise how cold it actually was, but there was still ice on the canal in places, very thin but still there.
Thankfully the boat coming towards us blew their horn as they came under the A45 on the North Oxford, se probably saw my bows well before I saw her, but it gave me time to move over and give her a clear passage. Our next stop was Dunchurch Pools to fill with diesel at 95p/lt for domestic, this time of the year we burn about 10lt a day and took on 160 lts.
Some of you may recognise this bridge, its one WRG rebuilt for CRT when they were looking at using volunteers to carry out larger jobs. Its number 80
We continued north past our marina to Hillmorton where we are meeting Graham and Brenda tonight.
Today’s Journey
7 miles with no locks in 2¾ hours
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