The stay at Cropredy Marina worked out well and the batteries seem to have enjoyed their 19 hours of steady charging. I will be checking the voltage carefully.
Our journey restarted at 10am with the weather cloudy but this was replaced by blue skies and warm sunshine by mid morning.. Today's trip can be split into two sections. Much of the morning was spent ascending the 3 locks above Cropredy followed by the 5 locks of the Claydon flight which take the canal to the summit level at 120 metres=390 feet above sea level. Although we needed to empty some of the locks before entering at others the work was done by boats coming down. We arrived at the top about lunch time which was convenient as one of us could prepare the meal whilst the other drove the boat.
The trip along the summit pound was very enjoyable, more so than I remember when we were going the other way two weeks ago. After passing through the Fenny Compton "Tunnel" the canal goes around Wormleighton Hill turning through 180 degrees taking 2 miles to travel about 1/3 mile as the crow flies. Cruising north ensured that the fields and woods of the hillside dominated our view for much of the journey far more obviously than when we were facing the other way.
We arrived at attractive moorings out in the countryside soon after 15:00 where we were pleased to find that the internet connectivity was very good.
8.31 miles 8 locks 5 hours 20 minutes.
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