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    Hillmorton

    I dag, England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    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.Læs mere

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    Napton

    20. oktober, England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We headed along the Oxford Canal towards the Napton locks, through it tight bridges and tighter bends. All the more challenge in a 68ft boat. Apparently we aren't too far from RAF Odiham which might explain the chinook that flew low over us as we went. Given only one of Napton's two pubs was open on a Monday, we moored up quickly to make it in time for their lunch menu. Both opting for the steak sandwich, the description was alarmingly accurate - a square slab of steak between two bits of bread! It was, however, very well cooked, even if the local cider was decidedly more like dishwater than one might hope.
    The winding hole was further up the canal than our lunch stop and took a bit of manual handling to achieve, with me on the banks with the stern rope and Ben on the tiller.
    A quiet spot for the night with no amenities nearby, so dinner on the boat and finished watching Wednesday.    Læs mere

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    Braunston locks

    20. oktober, England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    No point being up too early as the locks didn't open until 10am. The rain that persisted throughout the night clearly knew that too, easing off just as we set out. We were joined through the locks again, which does make life a bit easier - less control of the boat needed in the lock and more hands to help operate the locks. By the time we got out an hour later, we were none-the-wiser as where we were actually headed, and took an impulse decision to head towards Banbury (although we can't go that far) rather than Rugby.Læs mere

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    Braunston Tunnel

    19. oktober, England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    About an hour from where we moored was the Braunston Tunnel, the seventh longest navigable tunnel on the network at about 2km. The canal to it was very picturesque. We had the tunnel to ourselves for the entire length of the journey, your sense of time warped by a tunnel-end that never seems to get closer. The whole thing took about 40 minutes to navigate and we pulled up shortly after the bridge rather than go through Braunston Locks.
    Having come up the seven Buckby locks, we'd not realised we'd be going down through the Braunston Locks and therefore begun to understood the restrictions with both flights being fed from a reservoir in Daventry. Whilst Braunston canalside was historic and pretty, the town was painfully boring. Albeit a Sunday, I'm not sure it would have been anymore lively on any other day! Light rain set in as we walked back up the locks, and got heavier during our lunch at The Admiral Nelson. A lazy afternoon on the boat after that, listening to the rain, relaxing, and watching Wednesday...which fortunately we'd downloaded as there was no signal whatsoever!    Læs mere

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    Buckby Wharf

    18. oktober, England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Breakfast in the yard before trying to reverse a 68ft boat onto the canal. Ben spotted a bolt of blue and we were graced with a lovely view of a kingfisher not long after we departed. We pottered through the Autumn foliage, stopping briefly at the Heart of the Shires to pick up some obligatory cake, before hitting the Buckby locks. We followed two rather slow canal boats up through the locks who were rafted together due to engine failure. We were joined in our wide locks by Mark on his 28ft boat. The wide locks are considerably more work than narrow ones, but we fell into a rhythm with me working the paddles and the boys driving the boats. We'd not been through restricted locks before - time restricted due to low water levels, so they don't open until 10am and last boat into the flight is at 1pm. At the top lock was the New Inn, so we moored up past the turn off for Leicester (non-navigable due to Foxton Locks being closed) and headed back for a well-deserved pint. Mum and Kev joined us for an evening game of crib and some drinks too.Læs mere

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    Our story begins in a brewery...

    17. oktober, England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Bolt out of school, pack clothes, pack food, pack board games. Sling it all in the car and head for Weedon Bec.
    Grand Union narrowboats had very kindly agreed to meet us in the early evening so we could sleep in the yard overnight on Jimsonweed, our 68ft narrow boat. The Roman Way Brewery is housed in a fabulous Royal Military Depot of victorian-esque building reminiscent of an RAF base. Tucked away in the back, the brewery was clearly a well-known local Friday night haunt. Ben tried their golden and ruby beers, whilst I indulged in the cherry cider over tacos from the food truck. The bar itself was small and industrial but the benches, gazebo and fire outside made for a lovely evening. Now to decide whether to head north or south...Læs mere

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