Napton locks and beyond

Thursday 13 September 2012

 
The weather window looked good so we upped sticks and came up to the boat last Tuesday and decided on a short trip down the South Oxford canal to. Banbury and back as we have a christening to go to on the 23 September. Life goes on which is a very good thing to look forward to in a positive way. My brother passed away at the beginning of August peacefully at home after a very short illness. It is his new grandson that is being christened so we can look back- but we can all look forward to the new life to come.
 
We had a good trip up the Napton flight in warm sunshine with plenty of boats coming down. We arrived at the top after 2 1/2hours to find a further 6 boats waiting to go down. It has been very busy with loads of boats around as we made our  way to Fenny Compton- we must all be out expecting glorious autumn sunshine. It hasn't been bad with only one really heavy shower Wednesday evening after we had stopped for the day.
 
A close up view of Napton on the Hill Windmill which is usually in the distance on most photos.

I just love "the play on words" names for boats.

A farm on the way up the Napton flight has a herd of water buffalo for the supply of mozzarella cheese
Hotel boats Snipe and its butty Taurus making their way down Napton flight.

The view of our mooring on Wednesday evening from bridge 123 in glorious evening sunshine- we are the dot in the distance before the rain arrived.