Fenny Compton

A good nights kip but we were away a little bit early for us this morning for some reason. We stopped at the Cropredy Services to fill with water and dispose of the recycling.
We met a few boats at the lock, there was even a queue waiting to come down at one lock.Even of the Claydon flight  we met a few boats and of course the Volockie at the middle lock, unfortunately he didn’t see us coming and I had to turn the lock, but he did let Diana out so I could walk ahead. I was quite pleased to see the hire boat we were following on the lock moorings eating lunch as it gave us a free run to Fenny Compton.

This is not the best way to moor up with your stern line right across the towpath and your generator sat right in the middle of it.

Thankfully we didn’t meet any boats Fenny Tunnel, we had met plenty prior to it and after. The summit has been very slow so far, the level is down a bit, but the real problem is the mud is too high. We managed a full 2 MPH through the old tunnel. We stopped at Fenny Marina to top up with diesel, the price looked right at 85p domestic rate. We  were surprised how much space there was to moor in Fenny Compton, but we decided to go just through the village and moor at the north end of the long term moorings

Today’s Journey

6½ miles with 9 locks in 4¾ hour