Tuesday and Wednesday were really really windy but we did manage to do some boating ie 3 miles and 2 locks from Banbury to Twyford Wharf on Tuesday. The wind was gusting up to about 50mph and managed to blow the top hat off the chimney which bounced on the roof before hitting the ground. It took a big chip out of the new roof paint which I then had to re prime.
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| We are taking on water above Banbury lock. The large bridge is the entrance to the town museum. There had been a planning application submitted for the complete redevelopment of this area which included roofing over the canal. Common sense prevailed and it was rejected, a new one is due. |
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| Our mooring Tuesday evening in the wind just before bridge 177 at Twyford Wharf |
We had arranged to meet Janet and Ray(Anne's sister) at Aynho on Wednesday as they can park their motor home on the Wharf. Another disaster happened when Anne was showering -the shower pump refused to pump out the shower tray-second time for Anne in the last few days,it usually trips the circuit breaker but not this time-damn and blast.Luckily the electrician at The Wharf was able to have a look and found that the in line fuse had blown-I didn't know I had one but it also needs an impeller service kit.We are hooked into power and hopefully it will be here by Friday. This all happened within an hour of our arrival on Wednesday, after which we all walked into Aynho village which is about a one mile up hill walk. Then had a great meal in the Great Western Arms in the evening.
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| As you enter the village at the junction of the B4031 and B4100 there are a set of stocks with the above plaque |
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| As we read the stock sign this sheep decided to come and investigate what the humans were doing-cute though-no idea of breed- Anne thinks its Jacobs? |
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| Great road name for the Aynho bypass on the B4100 |
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| Aynho Park House a 17th C mansion |
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| The church next to the house has a classical facade to one wall |
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| A row of fine cottages but they are on the busy B4100 |
This morning -Wednesday J & R took us into Deddington which is a lovely village much larger than Aynho,unfortunately a bit too far to walk along the busy B4031. Good coffee though in Foodies in the Market Square
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| Tchure is an old Oxfordshire word for alley,it can also be sewer - presumably the open type which were common in the 18/19th C |
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| A fine group of Deddington terrace cottages in the local limestone |
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| Aynho's old Brunel style station built in 1850 and still in fine conditions thanks to the new owners |
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| An old steam narrowboat on the wharf at Aynho |
