Thursday 21st August

Jill and Jon arrived at 11am and after coffee we set off through the lock and lift bridge in the centre of Banbury. The weather was good enough to enjoy ice creams at Cropredy. The sign has seen better days.

Whilst in Broadmoor lock - interesting name, the engine hours clicked onto 1000.0. Just time to take a photo before dealing with the currents in the lock which have been quite strong on this section.

Jill and Jon continued with their sterling work on the lock beam gates. The weather was decidedly chilly and we even had to put the heating on for an hour after we moored.

Just to prove that Graham can accomplish other tasks than helming.

This duck was certainly having a bad hair day!

We moored just before the Claydon flight of 5 locks.