Well there goes the latest plan. Just received notification that Little Bourton Lock is closed due to a gate failure. It .could have been worse, we might have been the other side of it, so Cropredy is the end of the road.
Last night there were two boats ahead of us, this morning the front one set off about 9-30 and we left at 10-30, surprisingly some ot the 5 Cropredy locks were already full.
At the second lock down this sign is on the lock beam. I know its bad form to moor in a flight oflocks but in this case the pound is longer than some in the Napton flight and even has mooring rings along its length, but is officially “No Mooring” The bottom offside gate has a skeleton lock beam, better than closing the lock until a new beam is available .
Below the flight the red bushes on the offside looked quite striking with their new growth, I think its only new wood that is red.
If you are coming this way at night in the dark take great care, a fallen tree on the offside has only been cut back half way across the canal. I always find passing Clattercote farm interesting, as well as a rather splendid butty in the shed, there tends to be things around the yard as well.
There have been notices about letting water down at Elkington lock for sometime, but I think these a new reworded ones.
We passed the now huge Cropredy Marina on the offside before mooring for the night a short way above Cropredy lock, tomorrow we will lock down and fill with water and then depending if there is an update on Bourton Lock we will wind and go back or carry on to Banbury.
Today’s Journey
2½ miles with 8 locks in 2 hours
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