Tuesday 7th May A short hop of 2 miles and 1 lock has brought us from Twyford Wharf to Banbury. Unusually Haynes lift bridge (no 170) was closed when we…
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Monday 6th May Today we have only travelled 3.5 miles and 3 locks from Aynho to Twyford Wharf. It has been a very warm and sunny day and we had…
Sunday 5th May We leapt out of bed at the crack of 8-00 am this morning, eager to get on with our painting. However, the wind had dropped and it…
Saturday 4th May Today we have indeed done something with paint, well bitumen anyway. Firstly, Ken started sanding down under the gunwales ready for painting. He had hardly got out…
Read the PostAnother Day at Aynho – Blacking and sanding down.
Friday 3rd May It was a challenging start to the day when we tried to get in to the services point at Aynho Wharf. There was a boat already there…
Read the PostDay at Aynho – This boat is now a rattle free zone!
Thursday 2nd May Today we have travelled 6 miles, 3 locks and 2 lift bridges (including 193) from Cleeves Bridge at Lower Heyford to Aynho Bridge. When we were getting…
Wednesday 1st May It has been a lovely day today with Spring well and truly sprung. This morning we went off to Heyford Wharf to collect our generator part and…
Read the PostDay at Heyford – Generator fixed and trip to Banbury on the train.
Tuesday 30th April This morning we had to leave Thrupp having been here for a week. We reversed (or rather Ken reversed) back to the lift bridge and through to…
Read the PostThrupp to Heyford – Generator disaster and a mystery rattle!
Monday 29th April We have returned from the wilds of the South coast having had a lovely time at my nephew’s wedding in Southampton. Everything went off without a hitch.…