We got up early and left the boat at 8:30 to walk the 3/4 mile to the Lower Heyford bus stop where we caight a bus into Bicester, a journey of about 30 minutes. There we shopped at the large Sainsburys for food for the next few days.
As the buses only operated hourly we had chance to look around the shoppng area and have cup of coffee. I think it is fair to say that Bicester is useful but unlikely to become a tourist hot spot. After catching the bus back and returning to the boat we set off at 12:35 expecting to cruise for about 2.5 hours.
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| Entering Dashwood Lock |
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| The Oxford Canal (on the right) meets the Cherwell |
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| On therCherwell |
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| In Shipton Lock after leaving the Cherwell |
However things turned out differently. We arrived a bit early at our intended destination and the moorings looked uninviting so e decided to carry on another 3 milex and 2 locks which would takes us through a mile long section where the canal joins the River Cherwell.
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| Moored at Kidlington, at last |
Having left the Cherwell we started looking for somewhere to moor. But there was nowhere, all possible mooring places being occupied by other boats, mainly on private morings. After an hour's further cruising we finally found somewhere where we could stop at 17:45 in Kidlington over 2 hours later than originally planned.
Daily travel details
Distance: 8.86 miles
Locks: 5
Moveable bridges: 2
Duration 5 hours 10 minutes.
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