Last night after looking very stormy when we arrived the sky’s cleared out to a nice evening to walk to the pub. As I was shutting up for the night it started to rain and overnight we had a ¼” . We were moored directly opposite the church, thankfully they turn the clock off overnight.
This morning was another fine sunny start to the day. Turning didn’t go quite as planned as again the wind had a greater effect than the flow of the river and we turned in the opposite direction to what was expected.
3 of the 5 locks we did today had keepers and one checked the date on out licence, its also been a day for Narrowboats, we have met 3 of them and that is all we have met. At Buscot lock they have trimmed the lock side bush to as high as they could reach from the ground, I expect the EA would insist on a specialist company to work above 6 feet.
Down at Bridge the land opposite the pub now houses a collection of Glamping accommodation from huts to Yurts.
We did almost have a mishap when I cut a corner to close, I knew the outside was shallow and thought I was well out, but we started heeling more and more plus slowing down. I put the tiller hard over and lots of power and thankfully we slid off sideways at the back end. If we had actually stopped I think we would have struggled.
tonight we are moored back at the bottom of The Trout Inn’s garden and I am just off for a pint of their Original.
Today’s Journey 
10½ miles with 5 locks in 3½ hours
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