Superfast from Cropredy to the top of Claydon Locks..

Cropredy to Knotts Bridge (130), Oxford Canal, 8.75 miles, 8 locks

Poor Vic, he damaged a muscle in his shoulder the other day, so we decided that he should rest it as much as possible over the next week. So today I was out on the towpath locking up through to the top of Claydon Flight while Vic took the skippers hat.  Ann and Chas and Moore2Life were already ahead of us and moored above the flight, and this morning Annie walked back to give me a hand.  With Annie’s help No Problem took just one hour and 35 minutes from Cropredy to the top of the flight.  That is quite quick, especialy for NP!   There were 8 locks and 2.5 miles.. a total of 10.5 lock miles..

Stopping a while there for a cuppa and some late breakfast, I decided that I better do some logs for this evening..

See I can even put my hand to swinging the axe!.. then it was onward to Fenny Compton.  Vic skippered No Problem for most of the day today.. he is a rusty skipper and needs more time on the tiler, so I left him to it through Fenny Compton ‘Tunnel’ and took to the towpath with Lucy and the camera to capture a couple of decent pics..

A lovely area this, the ‘tunnel’ as they call it, has no roof any more! There used to be a real tunnel through this stretch…

Now it is all opened up, narrow though it is.. Just after this we stopped at Fenny Compton Marina to get a new bottle of gas, the lady there had an injured foot and .. “I do not have a man here”… haha.. I knew what that meant.. “Do it yourself Sue!” .  Poor Vic.. he so wanted to help out, but I just want his shoulder better, so I told him in my own words to “Shuddup” and got on with changing the empty for a full gas bottle!!

On our way again shortly afterwards…I was pleased that I put the back canopy up as the wind was getting colder.. it sure does keep us warmer.  Had enough by the time we got to bridge 130, we had hoped to get to Marsdon Doles tonight, but…. brrrrrrrrr .  Anyway gave me a chance of a late walk tonight with Lucy before dark…

The Folly tomorrow night then I hope.. hope they have their open fire on the go