1st Aug
Lock Stats
Today: 17 locks
Grand total: 143 locks
Grand total: 143 locks
To go: 136 locks
^^^ OVER HALF WAY in terms of locks (although I didn't know that at the time) ^^^
I headed off down the oddly shape Aynho Weir Lock and started making my way to Banbury. Banbury is one of those places that you have an audience when you have to work a lock as the lock is in the middle of a busy shopping area.
Interestingly there is a boat yard built in among the locks as well known as Tooley's Yard. I would of loved to stop at Banbury but there was a single boat width coming out of the lock so I ploughed on. Similarly at Cropredy it was busy as boats had turned up for an upcoming festival, although thankfully it wasn't quite as narrow.
Pushing onward the light began to dim and I was forced to take a fairly shallow mooring with a bit of a ledge. Ahead of me was Fenny Compton Tunnel which is actually no longer a tunnel but a deep cutting having been re-engineered when the railway was built alongside. I wasn't sure if I would be able to moor in the cutting so played it safe and pulled in.
^^^ OVER HALF WAY in terms of locks (although I didn't know that at the time) ^^^
I headed off down the oddly shape Aynho Weir Lock and started making my way to Banbury. Banbury is one of those places that you have an audience when you have to work a lock as the lock is in the middle of a busy shopping area.
Interestingly there is a boat yard built in among the locks as well known as Tooley's Yard. I would of loved to stop at Banbury but there was a single boat width coming out of the lock so I ploughed on. Similarly at Cropredy it was busy as boats had turned up for an upcoming festival, although thankfully it wasn't quite as narrow.
Pushing onward the light began to dim and I was forced to take a fairly shallow mooring with a bit of a ledge. Ahead of me was Fenny Compton Tunnel which is actually no longer a tunnel but a deep cutting having been re-engineered when the railway was built alongside. I wasn't sure if I would be able to moor in the cutting so played it safe and pulled in.
Grazing Geese
Heading West
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