Hillmorton

Setting off back along the Oxford Canal, we decided to aim towards Rugby, with a view to being back in Weedon Bec on Friday. The journey back to Braunston was uneventful bar watching Boris Johnson give evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry. Braunston junction was rather busier than we like so we navigated moored and moving boats to head north. The boat seems to have a temperamental issue where is doesn't like to turn right but Ben seems to have the knack for solving it. The weather held for all but the last half hour of the journey, which did mean we were treated to a lovely rainbow as we rounded out the day. We pulled up just short of a winding hole and had to stake into the ground, with the canal bed keeping us about a foot-and-a-half from the tow path. The local Greene King pub was a fairly mediocre affair so we only had one and headed back to the boat.Read more