Big sigh as we say a fond bye bye to Tara at Cropredy

Weekend – Moored Cropredy, Oxford Canal

Daughter Wendie and the family visited at the weekend with the rest of the upholstery, a chest of drawers and some bedding.. forgot the radiator grills though, but no worry, we will wait for those until the next time.  It has been impossible for me to find any where we have been, but there are plenty ‘dan saff’.. and here we are, the grandchildren go to bed for the first time on No Problem..

They loved their own cabin and beds on Saturday night, and Vic took their Mum and Dad over to the pub here in Cropredy while I stayed with the little ones.  Mind you they sure did crash out..

Some of Sunday was spent changing our chairs in the saloon.  We haven’t had them long, and one of them collapsed the other day spraying pieces of metal all over the place, luckily none embedding in anyone’s skin.  I took those back to Focus in Banbury suggesting that they should be a recall on them because they were so dangerous.

Luckily they had some other chairs of a different design that were really comfortable, so we bought those instead.. very handy having the family van here this weekend for sure.

And here she goes…

The new owner taking our narrowboat of 4 years away from her mooring here at Cropredy with our new No Problem being left in the background.  Walking to the first lock, we helped him lock through before a final wave goodbye..

Wonder when we will see her again.. and she left in the sunshine, not a lot of places got any of that today.. glad we were not ‘up norff’.  When I switched my computer on this evening I had 22 emails from Waterscape telling of stoppages around the country on the canals and rivers.  Mainly for flooding, even one from the Trent and Mersey Canal..

The following advice has been announced:

Trent & Mersey Canal
High water levels at Fradley
Date: 25/06/2007 until further notice

Description:
Due to heavy rainfall boaters are being advised to proceed with caution
along the stretch of the Trent & Mersey Canal near Fradley.


As soon as water levels change we will update this information. British

Waterways apologises for any inconvenience caused.

In fact the rivers Severn, Soar, Trent, Aire, Ouse and Derwent are all closed to navigation at the moment along with a number of canals in the north.  We can see the river Cherwell from here, usually a tiny river at this stage, but it has burst it’s banks and has spread over the fields.

Off up the canal tomorrow, the weather doesn’t look too bad for us.. need to be in Braunston at the weekend to party with Mo and Ness of NB Balmahahahaha who are going to wait for us to arrive before they travel on ‘up norff’ for the rest of the summer..