Well its still windy but warmer than yesterday. Not a bad run up the Napton flight, some with us, some against us and a few that were almost one or the other. We were just as lucky with the weather watching the rain passing both ahead and behind us. CRT have installed one or two lock mooring bollards or posts, a bit more substantial than the old ones.
At the top of the flight we passed our old moorings, we were there for ten years. At least one of the boats that was there then is still there.
We stopped above Marston Doles to fill with water, boy its a slow tap, still it was an opportunity to eat lunch. The visitor moorings by the water point have been designated winter moorings but there is only room for three boats. Just beyond the moorings on the offside is what I assume is an artificial nest, I have no ide who would use it or if its ever been used but its quite substantial.
It was now early afternoon and the sky changed with this cloud pattern, but even that was only there for a short time.
The boat in the hole is now definitely floating and the water level in the hole looks higher than the canal level, they also have a very smart block of dog kennels.
Next on the list was the Tepee glamping site with its canal side bath tub, it doesn't look as if they have any tenants for Christmas, it all looks a bit unloved, but come the summer!
HS2 have installed a temporary access bridge across the canal since we were last this way, I wonder if they will do the same at the Curdworth lock flight where the line crosses the canal. It is across the canal, the photo was taken on one of the many bends in the South Oxford Canal. I will try for a better on on the way back.
The rail line will cross on the far side of this nearer bridge 128. They have pilled the sides of the canal ready and excavated for the footing for the bridge supports. We moored a short way after here just beyond the Ladder Bridge overlooking the famous Wormleighton mast part of the UK Decca navigation system.
Today’s Journey
7 miles, 9 locks in 3¾ hours
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