Fri 26 Sep
Set to working on the toilet again and fitted the seal I removed last time it leaked and guess what, perfect seal and no leaking away.
We were off by 1015 and the painters were hard at work on the bridge. Pity the cyclist didn’t read the notice back at Butchers bridge.
We stopped at the Stop House to fill with water but the flow was so slow we never got round to putting the hose in the tank before we gave up and decided to go else where. We were also told that the refuse facilities there are now closed, even though there are still bins there. The next waterpoint was in use so we carried to the one on the N Oxford just beyond Midland Chandlers,. At the end of the service moorings is a level indicator and it was indicating that the level was now only down 100mm. last time we were this way it was 200mm.
Once full we reversed back past the junction and then headed off to Wigrams Turn where we turned right to moor just above the closed lock flight.
We took a walk around the very empty reservoir and could see that the roots of the Bulrushes were well above the now low water level, so who knows if they will survive.
When we returned to the boat the back pump around the locks had just started running bringing water up from below the three locks and was still running when we left at ten the next morning.
Todays Journey
9 miles with no locks in 3½ hours
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