Rugby

Another cold night with frost on the grass and boat this morning. The day started wonderfully with a clear blue sky, not a breath of wind and a bright sun, it even felt quite warm. First job was a 45 point turn, wave goodbye to Kevin, Vicky and the dog asthey walked round the reservoir then head back to Wigrams Turn and turn left towards Braunston. I never realised there was such an area of ridge and furrow cultivation around this part of the world.

 

As you approach Braunston Turn the junction to the North Oxford canal you pass this sign. I don’t know how effective is .

A nice clean turn up the North Oxford canal, by now it was clouding up a bit and quite a bit cooler. I have often tried to get pictures of Braunston Church when I have come this way, this is probably one of the better ones.

There are literally hundreds of geese in this area and thankfully not all are Canada Geese like some places, they even all seem to get on with each other.

A couple of days ado we passed this boat at Hillmorton and it was still there today, I am wondering if its actually a modern replica of a very pretty tug.

Hillmorton Locks were all against us, but its nice to see they have put notices on the lock beams pointing out that you have to access lock 5 from the none towpath side. Prior to this the crew could work a boat through the top or bottom lock and then walk to the middle lock and be unable to access it due to work on lock 4. We carried on to moor for the night in Rugby as we desperately needed a couple of items of shopping.

Todays Journey 15 miles, 3 locks in 5¾ hours