A bit late but during October we did one of our favorite trips ie Banbury and back. The weather was kind in that I only got wet once and we only had to light the fire on a few evenings. The only problem was I managed to headbutt one of the bridges with the chimney but luckily managed to buy a replacement at Fenny Compton. I had pondered whether to bring it in but there was no wind and thought it would be OK- how wrong was that. There are some very sharp/tight bends on the top pound of the Oxford Canal and I manged to screw one up completely- at least there was nobody about to see it!.
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| Lovely remote countryside but it always looks as if the canal is going down hill |
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| Autumnal colours and autumn fruit outside our porthole at Croperdy |
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| Going downhill so Anne is bringing BB into one of the Claydon flight of locks |
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| This is something you don't see everyday- its a bilge pump outlet but it did bring a smile. |
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| Not sure whats going on, but there is always something different to see |
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| Autumn colours again as I wait to go into the lock in the centre of Banbury |
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| We came up Croperdy lock between the motor and butty of a hotel boat. Looking back as the butty is manhandled into the lock. All the ladies from the boats were out in the rain really enjoying the trip. |
