More rain over night but dry when we were ready to leave with light winds. We have seen quite a few boats on the move today. We passed this group of five ex-working boats that I mentioned yesterday.
CRT volunteers were hard at work cutting back the offside undergrowth along the puddle bank, maybe CRT are nervous after the Llangollen incident.
We stopped at Braunston Turn to fill with water before heading up the North Oxford canal passing this wide Beam cruiser moored on a narrow canal rather close to the A5 bridge. probably the narrowest part of the canal.
We stopped for diesel at Dunchurch Pools Marina at 97p/L I wonder how much more it will be next month. As we were leaving I spotted a murmur of starlings in the distance, unfortunately they didn’t go it again but the flock flew right over our heads.
Back out on the canal we headed back to the marina, Since we were last this way someone has removed the boat that has been moored to the offside railings under the M45 for months, possibly a year. Back at the marina one last job before mooring toilet tank pump out. This is a DIY operation at our marina but we have a very good pump that really sucks, then back in the berth before packing up and coming home.
That’s it until the next time.
Today’s Journey
7¾ miles with no locks in 3½ hours.
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