Flecknoe

Yesterday afternoon the sun was going down on Barby Reservoir, today it just forgot to come up again.

This morning the weather was quite dreary with thick cloud and fine cool drizzle, the most miserable weather for boating for sometime. It wasn’t long before we were approaching Braunston and it looks as if the old mill is all scaffolded out.

At Braunston Turn we pulled a hard right towards the South Oxford canal. This bit is both the S Oxford and the Grand Union canal as they share the route as far as Napton Junction. This wasn’t always the case and prior to the realignment of the N Oxford canal it joined the GU further east.
We passed a boat that not only had crocheted covers on the mushroom vents but also on the mooring pins. I hope that loop is well welded.

Or original plan was to go to ether Calcutt top lock to between Napton Junction and Napton for the night, but it really wasn’t pleasant boating weather so we pulled over for the night at Flecknoe.

Today’s Journey

6 miles with no locks in 2 hours.