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Bridge 21 on the North Oxford

Boatyard and hireboat centre at Stretton Stop

Congestion near bridge at Stretton Stop

Still on our way back home, stopping at much the same places as on ur journey out. We left Ansty at 9:25 and stopped for the night  at Brinklow woods 2 hours later.  We have no wish to get back to our marina before Friday and so are spreading out the remaining journey over the time available.

The photos show a couple of points of interest not mentioned on the previous description.  The very high bridge shown in the first photo looks like it was built for a railway in Victorian times.  However our map shows no reference to any line crossing the canal.

Stretton Stop was so called as working boats had to stop there, I guess to pay toll fees.  It is now a small boatyard and also hires out narrowboats.  The following rather dark picture shows us passing one narrowboat to go under the single boat-width bridge after Stretton Stop meeting another boat coming in the opposite direction.  It is a well known rule of the waterways that if you are to meet another boat it will always be at a narrow bridge or a tight bend.

2 hours 5 mins cruising, 4.54 miles