Last night we ate out again, this time at The Folly next to the canal at Napton bottom lock. Very good "pub grub" style menu. I really enjoyed the faggots in gravy with chips and Denise enjoyed her burger both helped down with Hook Norton beer.
After the sun comes the rain. Today started with very heavy rain falling from very grey clouds. However by 9:20 the rain had stopped although the weather was cold and the sky still very grey. So we set off dressed in our full water-proof gear with woolly hats and gloves and made fast progress off the South Oxford Canal, up to Braunston on the Grand Union where we joined the North Oxford Canal.
Here we were pleased to see "Naughty Lass" moored up at Braunston - this being Robbie Cummings' boat featured in the BBC series "Canalboat Diaries". We nearly knocked against her as the waterway was restricted by another boat on a waterpoint. But spurred on by the thought of starring in a future Canal Boat Diaries we carefully avoided this with a couple of inches to spare.
We debated about whether to complete the journey home today but the wind soon turned too blustery to make it easy to manouevre in the marina so we moored up on the towpath at lunchtime. The weather forecast for tomorrow looks much calmer.
7.73 miles, 0 locks, 2 hours 55 mins.
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