It was still windy overnight and today but its dry. Our first port of call was Midland Chandlers, luckily I could moor outside, I only wanted a door catch for the front cabin door but it set me back the best part of £20. Pulling away from their wharf backward so that we could turn right up the Grand Union/ South Oxford canal.
Its surprising easy travelling up the wider Grand Union section and with few moored boats about we made good time. The only boat we saw moving on the GU section was one we met, luckily they came through bridge 108 just before we got there.
It’s quite surprising how thin the actual deck of the arched accommodation bridges are. Normally you don't get this view due to the walls.
A boat came out of Wigrams Turn Marina some way ahead of us and we then followed them all the way to Napton. The going being much slower now with more moored boats, Napton Narrowboats had 24 hire boats all tied up for the winter. Even with no moored boat our top speed was about 3MPH, these two canoes we met were probably going faster.
As we approached Napton we were much more sheltered from the wind, as we didn’t plan on doing any of the flight today we moored at the first section of piling we came to before the winding hole and Folly Pub.
Today’s Journey
9 miles, no locks in 3 hours
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