Last night we ate at the Folly and I must say it was top notch, I had home made lasagne which was full of meat and served with a decent bit of salad, not the normal token bit of green, Diana had the steak pie, again full of tender meat with more meat and gravy on top, a huge portion of mash and peas.
We had a bit of rain overnight but it didn’t record on the weather station so this morning I evicted the spider that had taken up residence in it.
We were ready to set off at 10 this morning but as it involved a very short revers to the winding hole we waited for a boat heading to the locks to come by. The canal seems quieter today and we have only seen 16 boats on the move.
CRT have done several towpath repairs putting in a short length of piling, this would make a handy mooring for one boat if they hadn’t set reeds along half of it.
We had our way steadily to Braunston where we turned up the North Oxford, Checking the level indicator it was the same as yesterday. There were fewer boats moored in Braunston on the N Oxford than yesterday but we have passed many boats been in the same spot since the lock closures went on, I thought they would have been on the move by now as some are not moored in the best of places.
We passed the wide beam boat still moored just outside Braunston on the N Oxford, they have a notice in the window saying “Broken down”. As they have reflective windows its hard to see, the reflections of our boat are clearer.
We only went just passed bridge 88 where we found a length of piling that is not under any trees where we called it a day.
Today’s Journey
7¾ miles with no locks in 3¼ hours
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