tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60959020029555466642024-03-14T02:54:42.223+01:00NB HoldernessNB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.comBlogger1614125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-647935458750135812023-10-23T15:52:00.002+02:002023-10-23T15:52:32.217+02:00Bricks and Back again.<div style="text-align: left;"> We awoke to a sunny day. Last night we hoped that we may see the meteor shower on the way back from the folly but it was mainly cloudy but also the lights of the surrounding towns were extremely bright under the clouds. Several boats passed us both ways, mainly hire boats as it is half term down this neck of the month, but not until next week at home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoF4ORun-69pFq4ZaZlXDXs4tg7MKsYBzkukBivnWErGW0GIWGHD_1cJcZ6cf2FJYUCjWN925PitFhZZsJv70OhyXUX__3vT_Q7zXtpGGOSBaoKr2nDwQfroEYy2_ohwwjsf7VdEUL1CuNRJyquopRUa3L5Ct2pCytsP1EnfWZaB29cbpfi4Ti0SToE70/s5184/IMG_6669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoF4ORun-69pFq4ZaZlXDXs4tg7MKsYBzkukBivnWErGW0GIWGHD_1cJcZ6cf2FJYUCjWN925PitFhZZsJv70OhyXUX__3vT_Q7zXtpGGOSBaoKr2nDwQfroEYy2_ohwwjsf7VdEUL1CuNRJyquopRUa3L5Ct2pCytsP1EnfWZaB29cbpfi4Ti0SToE70/w624-h467/IMG_6669.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Bridge 112 there are signs of industry next to the canal, remains of old brick buildings and low to the water wharf level bricks etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjE4QOQFSbD3u6OuMrYr4_zTKYNkFAo_J9aY32n7r-AOKhYsy25Ti5BknnOHpuPSpy02ruy5xThqfRJVY9LUXk26BOGga_ADryKc-FSAfYwE4b0_Z0JjmMl2ypewUt_Dz_GYsqt1BlGgvUUlCyb7zSqgkhAClPenwWnfCtp1RwQwPsyS6SEB86zyN66s/s960/1885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="960" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjE4QOQFSbD3u6OuMrYr4_zTKYNkFAo_J9aY32n7r-AOKhYsy25Ti5BknnOHpuPSpy02ruy5xThqfRJVY9LUXk26BOGga_ADryKc-FSAfYwE4b0_Z0JjmMl2ypewUt_Dz_GYsqt1BlGgvUUlCyb7zSqgkhAClPenwWnfCtp1RwQwPsyS6SEB86zyN66s/w618-h350/1885.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Napton Brick Works, 1885</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the Napton Brick and Tile Works. It was said to have been started in 1878 by the son of a local builder who thought they could make their own bricks. This was Charles Watson who knew nothing about the process so went into partnership with Thomas Mason who was an established brickmaker from Leamington. By 1897 that partnership was dissolved as Mason was over 80 and Charles may well have learned sufficient to carry on alone. Just afterwards Watson modernised the business and nearly doubled the output to 75,00 bricks per week. His bricks were in demand for the building of railway as millions had been provided to the LNWR for the building of Rugby Station etc in 1884, The Daventry and Leamington Line in 1893 and the Great Central Railway too. In 1899 there was a great fire at the works where sheds and buildings as well as a new kiln were lost. It may have been this that prompted Watson to join with the Nelson Cement Co. in 1902. In 1934 the business became part of the Allied Brick and Tile Limited that seemed to be buying up smaller sites after the depression and I think Charles Watson had died by then. The business survived until 1970 and is now a business estate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkLe4UG5VX62IpNy8COUcO5xkFFKtOPtkViaGdmiIsU9KD6kq4yvcuQDhdeyPqVTirlkiTOGUTSPJIU6iGP_duyiNIf6-TrDOZ_t8iAVL3ZLdQ9u2arJI8rV0mplPkKgU1t6duw41zSyuFELP0esPojAlKPO8EJdPkJfT9ROsaOpA5TIOvTCeKpfYnDQ/s5184/IMG_6672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkLe4UG5VX62IpNy8COUcO5xkFFKtOPtkViaGdmiIsU9KD6kq4yvcuQDhdeyPqVTirlkiTOGUTSPJIU6iGP_duyiNIf6-TrDOZ_t8iAVL3ZLdQ9u2arJI8rV0mplPkKgU1t6duw41zSyuFELP0esPojAlKPO8EJdPkJfT9ROsaOpA5TIOvTCeKpfYnDQ/w629-h472/IMG_6672.JPG" width="629" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see a wharf area here and the warehouse shed walls behind still today.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH6i6bP6H4t2iEZ2oZUkJI9-0OVSjDCN31HBhkadgI1eYUHl9DqbtZ52oXJkLt9tyAGdc4GQ0qBu1wSzLYZNhe4682dXstlKJZQn8qwAaoRJGSlC5u2OC-9DxVH08A1vg9TY1f9vjH94GIlgDDkpBeH6-6kFGlyosFbg4ezIATGI5OVWjqLw22TIi4h4/s977/1923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="977" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH6i6bP6H4t2iEZ2oZUkJI9-0OVSjDCN31HBhkadgI1eYUHl9DqbtZ52oXJkLt9tyAGdc4GQ0qBu1wSzLYZNhe4682dXstlKJZQn8qwAaoRJGSlC5u2OC-9DxVH08A1vg9TY1f9vjH94GIlgDDkpBeH6-6kFGlyosFbg4ezIATGI5OVWjqLw22TIi4h4/w605-h422/1923.jpg" width="605" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brick Works 1923.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In both map extracts you can see that there was a tramway from clay pit at the base of the Napton Hill where they digging the clay. It was said that the clay laid 140 ft deep, and in different bands that gave different colour and quality bricks, including engineering bricks. By the end there were several chimneys on site only one shows on this extract.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODGcpupex2UbzUmv6XjAkAXcbsnhL2j3UA37ds8Uj1Z5q5_ITl5f2J8RXIx7Xj0YdnqfzuEYI73T-rhNXiXiIcn_oQ936OYPRqumIfbETJ4jSGsN1bmq3ccZ9N2C9KCOweAOfn8zLzMF81Vi6ChzDaZzAkXKTzlz4yeDzRMI7tDN-nACuGJ88hW0fAso/s5184/IMG_6673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODGcpupex2UbzUmv6XjAkAXcbsnhL2j3UA37ds8Uj1Z5q5_ITl5f2J8RXIx7Xj0YdnqfzuEYI73T-rhNXiXiIcn_oQ936OYPRqumIfbETJ4jSGsN1bmq3ccZ9N2C9KCOweAOfn8zLzMF81Vi6ChzDaZzAkXKTzlz4yeDzRMI7tDN-nACuGJ88hW0fAso/w616-h462/IMG_6673.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the end of the area of the brickworks was this. It looks like a roll on/roll off ramp, but must have been of later origin. I wonder if anybody knows what it was used for and when?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTU0dCow4GnAFPQHiHytm2eat1-6ASTFrdQWDvzgNg5cMh8LAsgQyoiiO0quoDWStebJD2jd61f2lyPVNv9g1VojPVXsPWxe2VNYc4gqGqNacPcFU6mQUWqH2_8HK60pvG2B9rT9xOpXG6ZWJ-BZIaIjktwG6maCnsCcmzA6ZTKGgITJSJF3KOQZGefI/s5184/IMG_6674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTU0dCow4GnAFPQHiHytm2eat1-6ASTFrdQWDvzgNg5cMh8LAsgQyoiiO0quoDWStebJD2jd61f2lyPVNv9g1VojPVXsPWxe2VNYc4gqGqNacPcFU6mQUWqH2_8HK60pvG2B9rT9xOpXG6ZWJ-BZIaIjktwG6maCnsCcmzA6ZTKGgITJSJF3KOQZGefI/w612-h459/IMG_6674.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Bridge 111, where the main road crosses the canal, I remember the first time we passed this way as we moored close by. It was perhaps 2013. This building was an old derelict pub. It seems that it had originally being called the New Inn, dating from at least 1845. It seems that in the years just after WWII the pub changed its name to the Bridge Inn. I have a memory that it was painted dark on the outside then. It is good to see that it has been bought and is cared for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88n9ZD5ltNmx8wuxMXvr6xGCAud-lS-2ktqSjXMWdby1ypf21lVknrs1pqqM4rPrVxiJjNAUdZHK7c6N_Wpb4cqm5sWW4E1eXL11eM5yKmk2eroDWghTn7J52AUof7KYDXQWg_74bgLUs_bo4js7hsAlstO5ZJ_Wpb0jb_r9zwPjMDu9Bi5hXqewOTUI/s5184/IMG_6677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88n9ZD5ltNmx8wuxMXvr6xGCAud-lS-2ktqSjXMWdby1ypf21lVknrs1pqqM4rPrVxiJjNAUdZHK7c6N_Wpb4cqm5sWW4E1eXL11eM5yKmk2eroDWghTn7J52AUof7KYDXQWg_74bgLUs_bo4js7hsAlstO5ZJ_Wpb0jb_r9zwPjMDu9Bi5hXqewOTUI/w589-h442/IMG_6677.JPG" width="589" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were then soon at the Napton Junction turn and heading down the Grand Union back to base.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC9e6z7HSTQz8rpHG2mYhsBPaC8u1GXgAV9ThxnKcuPVCo2zZs2xu5gEkSVS61cARMry9gjZZq5AzpDgLV7y4FPAcx9KCPH2JrZrv3hHekJvY0SJWzDEnXWT9f7epCP0cgEi002dFr1_FiBl9aYjgowD62LSCgf-D-itJsoEX_7TKJ58a-WKx97lyUjc/s5184/IMG_6679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC9e6z7HSTQz8rpHG2mYhsBPaC8u1GXgAV9ThxnKcuPVCo2zZs2xu5gEkSVS61cARMry9gjZZq5AzpDgLV7y4FPAcx9KCPH2JrZrv3hHekJvY0SJWzDEnXWT9f7epCP0cgEi002dFr1_FiBl9aYjgowD62LSCgf-D-itJsoEX_7TKJ58a-WKx97lyUjc/w403-h537/IMG_6679.JPG" width="403" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got to the Calcutt top lock and a pair, not even in the middle lock had been an readied the lock for themselves. It gave us chance to see if anybody was going to happen along and join us going down. They didn't! We then met boats coming up at each of the next locks too. It was very busy for a short time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ssjVrNdNIhtluA62Jijwdp5vc9WITHuRu9b3BPk-A3lc2npWs4NXMj4AEGU6NNULasjBxGrbUAzgrMroTR2uwY6R_ZfNJGL4V6mjmoddW5suJhbhZXZPUW-tiGD82uHI_iAXzclhq3ouNnWqA7cmU5zkig2mzpLknkX_qeX2Df45nRYrVFHXt7MEdy4/s5184/IMG_6680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ssjVrNdNIhtluA62Jijwdp5vc9WITHuRu9b3BPk-A3lc2npWs4NXMj4AEGU6NNULasjBxGrbUAzgrMroTR2uwY6R_ZfNJGL4V6mjmoddW5suJhbhZXZPUW-tiGD82uHI_iAXzclhq3ouNnWqA7cmU5zkig2mzpLknkX_qeX2Df45nRYrVFHXt7MEdy4/w595-h447/IMG_6680.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Calcutt bottom Lock, and probably the last of the year. You never know we may get a trip out before Christmas, although I haven't checked to see if these are winter stoppages.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07b6OZZydoyEuUOLrncYLW1P-BMhyphenhyphenTfcoIFM235mVc_jHlTlcQxgx769NfWlFRFW5LomNrtjQKpC79Bx67_Sve63eDLzcCibV_jndyJb0Smc-5KMrn4Isn2bkvsYjJKhqlW9mVzqX24WM0SVGzoJKN-FD7h3W8eewy1XFIVsBHK7wtl8WEIqmWv7He-Y/s5184/IMG_6681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07b6OZZydoyEuUOLrncYLW1P-BMhyphenhyphenTfcoIFM235mVc_jHlTlcQxgx769NfWlFRFW5LomNrtjQKpC79Bx67_Sve63eDLzcCibV_jndyJb0Smc-5KMrn4Isn2bkvsYjJKhqlW9mVzqX24WM0SVGzoJKN-FD7h3W8eewy1XFIVsBHK7wtl8WEIqmWv7He-Y/w598-h448/IMG_6681.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I managed to sail past the Sunrise Basin at Ventnor Marina as I had it in me that it was the second entrance for our new berth. A quick back pedal and in through the entrance and heading for the fuel berth. We filled up with fuel, 97.5 litres to Oxford and Back at £110/ litre (moorers price).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We backed down to our berth and as the boat on the same pier was out I managed to get a good photo. About an hour later they arrived so I was glad I didn't wait.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had planned to go home the following day, but by the time we had filled the car with all the swag to take home and done all the jobs needed doing it was still only early'ish, so we shut up shop and headed home. We were back in just over 2 and a half hours, and started the washing straight away. Such is the return to 'real life'.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-4667364692535277322023-10-23T12:55:00.005+02:002023-10-23T12:55:56.349+02:00Trafalgar Day.<p style="text-align: center;">Once again, sorry for the late post as we had a internet black spot and then busy packing up to head home.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbYAeTqQHxecLkSijGlnFGCNpj7McxYys3gFnw2pojUKgvubv6vabngWjnHBQ7KEgoTVQmeJMjeHQkVhFSAKpwGjb1znv1cGDFNfomHAog-Z0f9LW5sXHO_Vu0jnO4jvHe56npss3AOjRqGltPYtxo6tkX3ZF-LxabDnKx7AcYz_s9S8Y7TnWSZl1TCA/s5184/IMG_6650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbYAeTqQHxecLkSijGlnFGCNpj7McxYys3gFnw2pojUKgvubv6vabngWjnHBQ7KEgoTVQmeJMjeHQkVhFSAKpwGjb1znv1cGDFNfomHAog-Z0f9LW5sXHO_Vu0jnO4jvHe56npss3AOjRqGltPYtxo6tkX3ZF-LxabDnKx7AcYz_s9S8Y7TnWSZl1TCA/w634-h476/IMG_6650.JPG" width="634" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a very still morning as we set off from Fenny Compton. Just opposite the water point are some pigs and piglets. They look like Gloucester Old Spots to me. The piglets would have made a better photo but they had all just been fed so were head down in the trough! The Gloucester Old Spots are known for their intelligence and for being docile as well as been hardy too. The owners were feeding their sheep too</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj830Krc-d-kxeXrfuEV8djAFzf6xxabU79_XZD-mnp9Y4IXn_A2D4EMFIaRnG_pyNrU8Gk25ONt4fPlFDP_nB1pKYfxGgGW-dsvRSMADdwIBl_VkYPW5IGxQ8zdPoliNEQWCljzPKHy8jKBkLgVb1FxymxpEFBgSou1QUApebRqc1fRP519OZueeNYg/s5184/IMG_6653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj830Krc-d-kxeXrfuEV8djAFzf6xxabU79_XZD-mnp9Y4IXn_A2D4EMFIaRnG_pyNrU8Gk25ONt4fPlFDP_nB1pKYfxGgGW-dsvRSMADdwIBl_VkYPW5IGxQ8zdPoliNEQWCljzPKHy8jKBkLgVb1FxymxpEFBgSou1QUApebRqc1fRP519OZueeNYg/w601-h451/IMG_6653.JPG" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to the Wharf for a pint last night. We will probably go again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpHJHdPirZaAH9MK2C34g05KhzxhumK07SI9n7bxLTFGdF8FfeA7PqV9w_GRhch2YNwrnGEw9PQ0a3IFDKe4ChG4RRVGrnxwU1G7sXViOw9lwV6JEPeLVleMsR2fjxhv1Y4O6zAbWhLnGvlSi97kgACAN2A9jb3n7B_Wh_QKphGvJIDFNNbHXSRIGiVY/s5184/IMG_6656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpHJHdPirZaAH9MK2C34g05KhzxhumK07SI9n7bxLTFGdF8FfeA7PqV9w_GRhch2YNwrnGEw9PQ0a3IFDKe4ChG4RRVGrnxwU1G7sXViOw9lwV6JEPeLVleMsR2fjxhv1Y4O6zAbWhLnGvlSi97kgACAN2A9jb3n7B_Wh_QKphGvJIDFNNbHXSRIGiVY/w640-h480/IMG_6656.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After bridge 134 the vista opens up. The field on the off side has many lumps and bumps in it, and this is the abandoned Medieval village of Wormleighton. Shapes can be made out with the rectangles being housing and roads going up the hill can be discerned. The original village was Anglo Saxon and was founded in AD956. It was in the Domesday Book with a population of 200 to 250. It expanded in the 12th and 13th Century but contracted in the following two centuries. In 1490 the parish was bought by William Cope how moved the centre of the village up the hill and abandoned this area, making 60 people homeless, and turned the land over to pasture. As the land has never been cultivated the remains are well preserved below the sod. It seems that the original moated manor house was down by the canal. It had two islands and the NE one has been cut through by the building of the canal. In fact the canal travels through part of the original moat. The other part of the remains are on the towpath side, but as that field has been cultivated it has been lost. The Manor was owned by the Spencer family through the 16th and 17th Centuries. In 1645 it was burned down by the Royalists during the English Civil War. The Spencers moved to their other holding at Althorp. Yes this was the Lady Diana Spencer family of Princess fame. In fact Wormleighton Manor was four times the size of Althorp Hall, and there are some items from the original hall at the new gaff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbUujYb7E9ZxZjstcFlkCwNhyybV9VYmzDPIPnAJ4BkpcU3kfCkVOEgkXCJ0AJgbBcKxRzAW8wK2DWMd6ggBXmNzya6QIW4nly2kf5S-M2kwe7qpeNEvF4eY7paCThynPlBD_zZ2UmkfX4UU17yHORG0kXybhVG9zOr3yHSK7Q3uV403jbehC1RSrww4/s5184/IMG_6657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbUujYb7E9ZxZjstcFlkCwNhyybV9VYmzDPIPnAJ4BkpcU3kfCkVOEgkXCJ0AJgbBcKxRzAW8wK2DWMd6ggBXmNzya6QIW4nly2kf5S-M2kwe7qpeNEvF4eY7paCThynPlBD_zZ2UmkfX4UU17yHORG0kXybhVG9zOr3yHSK7Q3uV403jbehC1RSrww4/w558-h418/IMG_6657.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTnedJlGHtjN2PQhQpq25rsyFoMhtlna4oSBOHY45YufN7k-m0wK52w-4qgRqHDlEqrsruH8QtNOx4mUXpP_29_rba7u_N3MH6wpDuwTH_MsbjifZ2-Lzbubhan3fF4N6hn2XXatCDCI3qqVlMBc_0H3nr9pFM7lojbBP3OApdR7hxoOAHqENJdy7ou0/s5184/IMG_6658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTnedJlGHtjN2PQhQpq25rsyFoMhtlna4oSBOHY45YufN7k-m0wK52w-4qgRqHDlEqrsruH8QtNOx4mUXpP_29_rba7u_N3MH6wpDuwTH_MsbjifZ2-Lzbubhan3fF4N6hn2XXatCDCI3qqVlMBc_0H3nr9pFM7lojbBP3OApdR7hxoOAHqENJdy7ou0/w558-h419/IMG_6658.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This all wooden construction bridge is now numbered 113A but previously had no number. Looking at the old maps there has been a footbridge here since 1885. I am not sure whether it was named the Wedding Bridge all along, or just when it was replaced in 2009</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCFD-EYom9Xjph2QWv1s_50uLCu9Y8Kme9M9qIKFr6WqNLSMZUDOSfULaZhMeecjAS1DxK51gmAAuwyZ6S2WsaEDMW1lXvJiEAAuE-9XPOkCRO86B3ksOTbb6eLBs-OzhNabxa6NVelyz7wtiwG1Kg8VNQkU_8qVfsRwTrU1Cop_Nqyj95zrkP9r-RO8/s5184/IMG_6660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCFD-EYom9Xjph2QWv1s_50uLCu9Y8Kme9M9qIKFr6WqNLSMZUDOSfULaZhMeecjAS1DxK51gmAAuwyZ6S2WsaEDMW1lXvJiEAAuE-9XPOkCRO86B3ksOTbb6eLBs-OzhNabxa6NVelyz7wtiwG1Kg8VNQkU_8qVfsRwTrU1Cop_Nqyj95zrkP9r-RO8/w632-h474/IMG_6660.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was good to see that there was somebody who was enjoying the wet weather and the HS2 works. The ducks looked like they were having a great time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MXrWbnBBMbhRdJ1RDrHDqI10M80JkuAsVk2SH7db350hKmo726vmSeC28Kk3BGrXE1BxX5IeFMooMT_CzY5BWG4Z62W2w-691Ua-5yajDIC1990JzLQ8WJDI1Sq6EYLfxNXr1FkZnCmT6JuFrelMu7WcX-QJFBsr_5N1uXZ379YxUQ7zrAMwnc3km5c/s5184/IMG_6661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MXrWbnBBMbhRdJ1RDrHDqI10M80JkuAsVk2SH7db350hKmo726vmSeC28Kk3BGrXE1BxX5IeFMooMT_CzY5BWG4Z62W2w-691Ua-5yajDIC1990JzLQ8WJDI1Sq6EYLfxNXr1FkZnCmT6JuFrelMu7WcX-QJFBsr_5N1uXZ379YxUQ7zrAMwnc3km5c/w627-h470/IMG_6661.JPG" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just round the corner from the construction and it seems it has vanished.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOGdNWbU_L20m8Y4CgHiotbrG6mbSxElCc85WbIe08fR4H8wc0ob-xJ15MKdAQulIrfnRATwc70MIl4XPsiGXlArEi6LN6OUgLjp7Spbxu4DwPdMKnt0aNk4grnX68rXKkdsMtqtJNOseMUTD9ygHjFjY96VKVLNvsW5b8WtRkedi9hZws13aGhSDqNI/s5184/IMG_6662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOGdNWbU_L20m8Y4CgHiotbrG6mbSxElCc85WbIe08fR4H8wc0ob-xJ15MKdAQulIrfnRATwc70MIl4XPsiGXlArEi6LN6OUgLjp7Spbxu4DwPdMKnt0aNk4grnX68rXKkdsMtqtJNOseMUTD9ygHjFjY96VKVLNvsW5b8WtRkedi9hZws13aGhSDqNI/w628-h471/IMG_6662.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was hoping to see somebody taking advantage of the open air hot tub at this glamping site, but unfortunately there seemed to be no takers this weekend.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsLLYSgkx5jOSWyNUpDnUN3Q1vue_gwzvCaFP5tBTHNfe_6hFBV7eSD8ZSX5HBQL-ye1qgXe5izwjGB0AF5WTokrEpIYvVLmKPvGNGn3bfRswynGbu7JuEt2R9HBxeC7quiybk3NwRY5uxOZoMtIT2-GSxNoQO9R_wpx2-Ti_5h6_rTN8R2POVz2T6fk/s5184/IMG_6663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsLLYSgkx5jOSWyNUpDnUN3Q1vue_gwzvCaFP5tBTHNfe_6hFBV7eSD8ZSX5HBQL-ye1qgXe5izwjGB0AF5WTokrEpIYvVLmKPvGNGn3bfRswynGbu7JuEt2R9HBxeC7quiybk3NwRY5uxOZoMtIT2-GSxNoQO9R_wpx2-Ti_5h6_rTN8R2POVz2T6fk/w596-h447/IMG_6663.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we approached Marston Doles I saw that the old warehouse at the wharf was actually a trapezium shape, and there is the date in dark brick, 1865, in the gable end too. The large windows indicate where the crane accessed door were and there is the little gable where the pulley would be suspended at the left.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxNzHx3Ct0iXET1fzMjqP-RCHYpIhvsw_nP-KhQSyRhgLG2c6yRNWKVdThZ6aTJ-GASX1xL04ZnBzWlSeFHRL-hzx0CvaLatkOvMdVZIOrBJGyHajkh_AgBy4bGFZSum3WZ3bV0Q764KPLD3iHnTIQIq1CfV6yDbgciU5yFxkx06jHBgk302Wc_JWd9Y/s5184/IMG_6665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxNzHx3Ct0iXET1fzMjqP-RCHYpIhvsw_nP-KhQSyRhgLG2c6yRNWKVdThZ6aTJ-GASX1xL04ZnBzWlSeFHRL-hzx0CvaLatkOvMdVZIOrBJGyHajkh_AgBy4bGFZSum3WZ3bV0Q764KPLD3iHnTIQIq1CfV6yDbgciU5yFxkx06jHBgk302Wc_JWd9Y/w611-h458/IMG_6665.JPG" width="611" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we were going down hill Helen drove and quite surprisingly we met several boats coming up so we were able to swap at at least some of the locks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b-8UtFrzm76Nf8GCEN0Fwc5EXZ7khUyFg8HVt3anXgLUKurFU1KOP0IrdpZ7RE95zmitNS-2r4EmTHRiF0hh72osYJ0SYmjYY8mR6EGZjdHX8gfI-9AqfMNk8J7_mLtXXL5Wt6Jh-ab_X1vOf5Gz3luvZgjzaQhWbiQ9_tG0tGp7XJo98mcANNVfKac/s5184/IMG_6667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b-8UtFrzm76Nf8GCEN0Fwc5EXZ7khUyFg8HVt3anXgLUKurFU1KOP0IrdpZ7RE95zmitNS-2r4EmTHRiF0hh72osYJ0SYmjYY8mR6EGZjdHX8gfI-9AqfMNk8J7_mLtXXL5Wt6Jh-ab_X1vOf5Gz3luvZgjzaQhWbiQ9_tG0tGp7XJo98mcANNVfKac/w418-h557/IMG_6667.JPG" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen was just getting ready to swap with a boat coming up the last lock, their first. I managed to drop off our rubbish as we penned down and then we were lucky enough to find a berth waiting for us just round the bend after the water points. Day done.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgR_kM3vUil2fgqYf5QFLRIHiPmYmun80Dt-CVPsgUDDoPVoyWj3DwX_HG2My2zzvISX-I1D00Hf45sl-YvUpTfU4ZSNaN-x2tyymZN-jJ7fUAUUYwwItbPUqBVukZUfz-uYg3DNpsi8vm_JSakFkeX0-Zby2IOfI44pIYlDnn3gs6d9LVLXTPmZFoghs/s5184/IMG_6668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgR_kM3vUil2fgqYf5QFLRIHiPmYmun80Dt-CVPsgUDDoPVoyWj3DwX_HG2My2zzvISX-I1D00Hf45sl-YvUpTfU4ZSNaN-x2tyymZN-jJ7fUAUUYwwItbPUqBVukZUfz-uYg3DNpsi8vm_JSakFkeX0-Zby2IOfI44pIYlDnn3gs6d9LVLXTPmZFoghs/w595-h446/IMG_6668.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As it was Trafalgar Day we had booked to eat at the Folly to celebrate the Victory of the Royal Navy over the old enemies., but alas at the loss of Admiral Horatio Nelson, and many other seamen. Oh yes, and it was also my birthday.</div><br /> </div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-37069965451349000742023-10-20T17:13:00.005+02:002023-10-24T17:29:47.528+02:00Floods and Foul Murder.<div style="text-align: left;"> the rain went on all through the night, but gave up the ghost at about 0700. It was very damp and dark though. By the time we had got ready and Helen had gone to post a letter and buy some milk it was looking much better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BQUn-7CcL27Br5uAY-hUR_kcuI2C6lJpH9IP3BtpBeSq7hwNybdiKE-mwqnlCO95CapP7_ICpkykeck6NNOcR1ux86kqRtBHBZhWkIEd0naMUp4FyII42PfoeIgSWOU64Qkp832VpdtPs5gyzW5gi2N0GtoiTI6WCcKxJ-b4qwP8chx0XTWzlSJp1f8/s5184/IMG_6631.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BQUn-7CcL27Br5uAY-hUR_kcuI2C6lJpH9IP3BtpBeSq7hwNybdiKE-mwqnlCO95CapP7_ICpkykeck6NNOcR1ux86kqRtBHBZhWkIEd0naMUp4FyII42PfoeIgSWOU64Qkp832VpdtPs5gyzW5gi2N0GtoiTI6WCcKxJ-b4qwP8chx0XTWzlSJp1f8/w641-h481/IMG_6631.JPG" width="641" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got underway and when we approached Cropredy Marina we saw this boat that appeared to be stuck in the first entrance as it wasn't moving at all. As we approached it started and was winding.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOic17kFko1eeVY65RUbK6coMrKRgViOG2R8y-YPRce_GrzecyaA8DZN2l_HFyxedleh9e6IajEorRdy_wAkmdVzwf3fRBFw_k-keLcr9sLqfzZUS-8xwKt1IW0gHtAeft3EJBaVwM1Aeyl2saQ3uVsOmQQXKnF52vrmXBlxDhwhyN0RoZbEmS52TpKE/s5184/IMG_6633.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOic17kFko1eeVY65RUbK6coMrKRgViOG2R8y-YPRce_GrzecyaA8DZN2l_HFyxedleh9e6IajEorRdy_wAkmdVzwf3fRBFw_k-keLcr9sLqfzZUS-8xwKt1IW0gHtAeft3EJBaVwM1Aeyl2saQ3uVsOmQQXKnF52vrmXBlxDhwhyN0RoZbEmS52TpKE/w416-h554/IMG_6633.JPG" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First lock of the day was Broadmoor and it was very colourful with berries. Mind you there wasn't much headroom when I came to close the paddle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeulP9I0CEMXUFfqlOezQPJkLJ9g1u0HK52KG6GpBiFaci8S1XB0M-3Muas9UPWoi2P4bU6BVuL1RheA3now6rZDgrhPvlYALPDYE1Haj_9bs7lC_HqglhxXG4mU1qC97nrbwB6PL3Eav2P0axxPRSyaHa7W9HuBzpt1M9v02J3ggwS6vLBY3Ok-WoRek/s5184/IMG_6635.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeulP9I0CEMXUFfqlOezQPJkLJ9g1u0HK52KG6GpBiFaci8S1XB0M-3Muas9UPWoi2P4bU6BVuL1RheA3now6rZDgrhPvlYALPDYE1Haj_9bs7lC_HqglhxXG4mU1qC97nrbwB6PL3Eav2P0axxPRSyaHa7W9HuBzpt1M9v02J3ggwS6vLBY3Ok-WoRek/w372-h280/IMG_6635.JPG" width="372" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWweRIEVrc0ZtPaAKugkEBMtacKTprRvfscNO_w-5WqcPgEVLG_7ZRGk_LdrMgAQ37yqVFWmf9LIQ_jTJ3jatrTU_2irhZ2KL7BdxPQXDtpCoKNFJo7wFt8n2vXB9FAX2C1Bu-hycsWknn7tm3ZSi1FrI54qlwakXgaVvHw7nu7JIQJVowmn9q7LMDfA/s5184/IMG_6634.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWweRIEVrc0ZtPaAKugkEBMtacKTprRvfscNO_w-5WqcPgEVLG_7ZRGk_LdrMgAQ37yqVFWmf9LIQ_jTJ3jatrTU_2irhZ2KL7BdxPQXDtpCoKNFJo7wFt8n2vXB9FAX2C1Bu-hycsWknn7tm3ZSi1FrI54qlwakXgaVvHw7nu7JIQJVowmn9q7LMDfA/w208-h278/IMG_6634.JPG" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The offside moorings between Broardmoor and Varney's Locks seemed to not be contact with having a boat, but a shepherd's hut or gypsy van are also required.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF4fsRFRsoszqa-OBPY69qdgIfgA1hrHB3xceNEYppVpIkgi9hNYHncB1nMQ035CWP9JZhpjfd9W6OPG_4yppmd_SUZdBpLCQYp3dubjPz9wJnVBXca1NX6p82hZ0qOPF8Stxftv3Rlm_VDgNUccOfYhpyCWbs88lbcQHaTA-IpX7nZtEDShJPR4yeEc/s5184/IMG_6636.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF4fsRFRsoszqa-OBPY69qdgIfgA1hrHB3xceNEYppVpIkgi9hNYHncB1nMQ035CWP9JZhpjfd9W6OPG_4yppmd_SUZdBpLCQYp3dubjPz9wJnVBXca1NX6p82hZ0qOPF8Stxftv3Rlm_VDgNUccOfYhpyCWbs88lbcQHaTA-IpX7nZtEDShJPR4yeEc/w627-h470/IMG_6636.JPG" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A boat coming down told us there was flooding at the next lock and as you can maybe see the water was coming over the topm of the gates but also flooding over the top of the lock sides and flowing down the slope to the tow path. I seem to remember this was how the breech near Middlewich occured. We ran some water down as well as lowering the lock to get in. Obviously when we got to the top it started over topping again. There was a boat to take our lock and then one below so I think that may well have dropped enough down. I did contact C&RT as there was no evidence of a by-wash running so either there isn't one or it is blocked! There is a notice at Elkington Lock warning about not running water down to maintain levels, so it looks like there is the opposite problem for most of the time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioews_BtQslQRPIyrrXcLoa3XWqODE70hYgK79ZqarLO6nA7p5dpxqTwHVPwgSi7adJSAddNqSBLYfu0D6b9PdQl2QuFmVkLfjB4b-xqoe-PbEEgUIwfvjIQ2_U1nV7WD5ZmYCNdtvk3aPb7X_DgH7QGrs8Zw3KZJ9vQpv_jbiKgrfZI1o8MigixRXs78/s5184/IMG_6641.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioews_BtQslQRPIyrrXcLoa3XWqODE70hYgK79ZqarLO6nA7p5dpxqTwHVPwgSi7adJSAddNqSBLYfu0D6b9PdQl2QuFmVkLfjB4b-xqoe-PbEEgUIwfvjIQ2_U1nV7WD5ZmYCNdtvk3aPb7X_DgH7QGrs8Zw3KZJ9vQpv_jbiKgrfZI1o8MigixRXs78/w622-h467/IMG_6641.JPG" width="622" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Clattercote wharf moorings there are more shepherd huts etc.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfzLDz7sl4AKzr1GUnL0V80yIG5sXrMMF4CS8zKHX2yeni2WAMypj90PHlolLkppMUfEm2dFe7bTcVfxL3kX7Bvieh539fPSGqfU757xWPYEx5SrEj-RFejEEn_FwZ790vy2NYv4l3g6ZIjhlrz1gOMPmjl_GZytH7tgz4WX4CdOTfZfoxk1PUWla7h4/s5184/IMG_6639.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfzLDz7sl4AKzr1GUnL0V80yIG5sXrMMF4CS8zKHX2yeni2WAMypj90PHlolLkppMUfEm2dFe7bTcVfxL3kX7Bvieh539fPSGqfU757xWPYEx5SrEj-RFejEEn_FwZ790vy2NYv4l3g6ZIjhlrz1gOMPmjl_GZytH7tgz4WX4CdOTfZfoxk1PUWla7h4/w624-h468/IMG_6639.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We arrived at the bottom of the Claydon Locks and swapped with a couple who had been continuously cruising for five months in a new boat. Maybe they are one of the few that do not produce a vlog these days!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0OgBCWQXMR0bosHN-vqoPOrRIhGogyzyUuP9uvuAdEKpyrMPUcrL_ogyTOnkQLhkSGcTs-SZZ3kvDYafjkiz3P7h_i_Zpe5OTUjRs0wOAfUus7eIg-SywHjS6AChtYC5QGxItr6YA9T95kcouAz0nxETOGNrz-ImPKjUW_wKU4WBPXl_Q2ZfuOPOSA4/s5184/IMG_6642.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0OgBCWQXMR0bosHN-vqoPOrRIhGogyzyUuP9uvuAdEKpyrMPUcrL_ogyTOnkQLhkSGcTs-SZZ3kvDYafjkiz3P7h_i_Zpe5OTUjRs0wOAfUus7eIg-SywHjS6AChtYC5QGxItr6YA9T95kcouAz0nxETOGNrz-ImPKjUW_wKU4WBPXl_Q2ZfuOPOSA4/w602-h452/IMG_6642.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By Wormleighton Reservoir are the remains of the rail bridge over the canal of the Stratford and Midland Railway Co. The company was formed by the amalgamation of four companies, The East West Juncion Railway, The Evesham and Redditch and Stratford Upon Avon Co, the Stratford Upon Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway and the Northampton and Banbury Junction Canal. The company was s et up to transport Northamptonshire Iron Ore to the steel works in South Wales where their other supplies were growing scarce and of poor quality. It closed, bit by bit after 1964. On this line the 'railophone' was tested. An inductive conductor was laid along the track and two coils on the train so that speech could be transmitted back and forth. As well a signal could be transmitted to automatically apply the trains brakes. The system worked extremely well but costs seem to have prevented it being generally adopted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiU_qcyZcrWcGyo5fPb_uw9Jd3_qXbcDSf7CTxv_YpkMUzCh3CIJ5atMvsgYCGpyduVM1vti2ToJTACC_7u7Xxk3s75V25jUOawK1nyPIuU222pj2UoHi1MBHRqublLOvFgyRxrEz6661Sj_fGfai-z1BRJ8Z6mW8y6gmjGYiyhVdv1p3P7hJqlMvy7h0/s5184/IMG_6643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiU_qcyZcrWcGyo5fPb_uw9Jd3_qXbcDSf7CTxv_YpkMUzCh3CIJ5atMvsgYCGpyduVM1vti2ToJTACC_7u7Xxk3s75V25jUOawK1nyPIuU222pj2UoHi1MBHRqublLOvFgyRxrEz6661Sj_fGfai-z1BRJ8Z6mW8y6gmjGYiyhVdv1p3P7hJqlMvy7h0/w603-h452/IMG_6643.JPG" width="603" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With all the rain overnight there is a red hue to the water. This is all topsoil that has been washed into the canal, and will ultimately cause silting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCwD3qMi2Fv2l7_vQGNDCwXFAHpxM3kssbpbp83n0XS3cLuDM8zRipAvoh9Y0f8ms1qIS0zxpqZJE39WOml7_LC9fH6c1jdISL0sEUxBftPycxdXqwApR98iDTgohiUOq0CvdG4LV0_tt-bWL7X_e7s_ig8H-cwUN_5bh-qdw3GWv1lHJ8YXkal3BFTs/s5184/IMG_6645.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCwD3qMi2Fv2l7_vQGNDCwXFAHpxM3kssbpbp83n0XS3cLuDM8zRipAvoh9Y0f8ms1qIS0zxpqZJE39WOml7_LC9fH6c1jdISL0sEUxBftPycxdXqwApR98iDTgohiUOq0CvdG4LV0_tt-bWL7X_e7s_ig8H-cwUN_5bh-qdw3GWv1lHJ8YXkal3BFTs/w378-h504/IMG_6645.JPG" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we entered Fenny Compton 'tunnel' there was a deluge of water entering the canal. It is a shame they can't pump excess water like this back up to the reservoirs if needed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVti7Y4xxeCsAo5qOUalWuhaiJ5zl_tBmy_k0uApan_5b3ylxwvESwOBJ_in2vgjlJxnLy-YIjLNks2wrGZhFp0FnncviTM_raQpa1Ceou8AD4kXTC7R3HOEQXT2lIH_gYT90b4eB_05n69_bSRvexCc9ApkjPWurt8Uh-dMh-L0KDH4rNRRSEhyphenhyphenrXaQ8/s5184/IMG_6647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVti7Y4xxeCsAo5qOUalWuhaiJ5zl_tBmy_k0uApan_5b3ylxwvESwOBJ_in2vgjlJxnLy-YIjLNks2wrGZhFp0FnncviTM_raQpa1Ceou8AD4kXTC7R3HOEQXT2lIH_gYT90b4eB_05n69_bSRvexCc9ApkjPWurt8Uh-dMh-L0KDH4rNRRSEhyphenhyphenrXaQ8/w426-h568/IMG_6647.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking down the length of the 'tunnel'. At the Fenny end was a young lass who was walking along the tow path, not with the right footwear for wading through the puddles, and in flooded areas the bank was too steep and muddy to get round the flooded area. We advised her to find another way. She took our advice.</div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought that the office at Fenny Marina looked vaguely WWII vintage, but it seems that the marina was dug out in 1973. Last year it was up for sale with the 3 bed bungalow for £1.35 million.</div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4f_9N0S6Dv1QaYPEozxD8xSOiESyyFG5SHL66cEgN3mkQUPi5brMJPqu_y1L4wEton35k0XTsVLtdicH2AZymbK9pNyDSet88IPj4HjBLxET88zPhXTsNaXkZphwkOQrgWKhQCmb5Gqi-v6Defom-64pJ-qzhpC0Z9id0NRllNbvLdhIIO2Xkm3RD5e4/s657/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20154417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="492" height="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4f_9N0S6Dv1QaYPEozxD8xSOiESyyFG5SHL66cEgN3mkQUPi5brMJPqu_y1L4wEton35k0XTsVLtdicH2AZymbK9pNyDSet88IPj4HjBLxET88zPhXTsNaXkZphwkOQrgWKhQCmb5Gqi-v6Defom-64pJ-qzhpC0Z9id0NRllNbvLdhIIO2Xkm3RD5e4/w425-h567/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20154417.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">At dusk on Monday 15th February 1886 Constable William Hine went on duty from his home at Fenny Compton. We walked over to the George and Dragon pub by the wharf, (the old name for the present Wharf pub) as they had had a cattle sale there earlier. He was never seen alive again. He was supposed to be on duty at Warwick Races the following day and the alarm was raised when he didn't show. His mud covered stick was found in a field and later his dented helmet and handkerchief were found near the site of blood soaked ground with clear signs of a scuffle. A nearby pool was dragged and drained but with no luck. The police flooded the area and the next day found the missing Constable's blood stained pocket knife was found in an hedge.</div><div style="text-align: center;">His body was finally discovered four days later in the canal and he had signs of heavy blows to his face and head and knife wounds in his neck. PC Hine was 30 years old and was married to Elizabeth Edwards in 1880 the same year that he joined the force. They had two sons Arthur and Harry in 1882/83 and another child too, when stationed in Shipton on Stour. Inquiries discovered that somebody had heard a group of men late at night speaking in hushed voice before running off towards where the struggle took place. Another said they heard a cry of 'murder' around 10pm the night of the murder from the direction of where the helmet was found. Two poachers who had attacked him at another posting were questioned but released as they had alibis. The lead police officer was sure that he had been murdered by two or more men and they had used an hurdle to carry the body to the canal to dump him. Despite extensive inquiries and resorting to dressing as women and hanging about on street corners to try to glean information from gossip the killers were never found. The inquest gave death by willful murder caused by stabbing of the jugular. He was buried in Stratford Cemetery with a 150 Police Constables and officers in attendance. The fifth policeman only to lose their lives. His widow Elizabeth was granted a sum of £67 12s which was equivalent to a years salary. A fund was also raised to raise money for the family and by the end on April at least £124 17s 11d was raised.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We now travel to 1993 when a book was written about the case. This raised sufficient funds to actually erect a grave stone for PC William Hine who was killed whilst carrying out his duties and his body discovered in the Oxford Canal near to where the marina service wharf is today by a drag line.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-49749026884068025542023-10-19T21:36:00.002+02:002023-10-19T22:02:55.727+02:00Climbing to Cropredy.<div style="text-align: left;"> I had rained quite heavily in the night but other than that a peaceful night was had. Helen decided that she should head back into town to sort out her bank card that wasn't being accepted to 'tap and go'. As our bank branches are difficult to find we thought going here to order a new card would be a good idea. of course she needed to test it on the way back. It hammered it don whilst she was away but she was in the shopping centre so missed it. I stayed on the boat and investigated our batteries. I can't remember when we bought them, but a good few years ago now, and we have had erratic reading from them this last few days. They all see fine having checked so we will just monitor until we get back to the marina. I did a few other chores before she got back and then headed off.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORp3Ykqzsh2g254EqX_hhlSIGwgI5ZHIbM3ixZvyD-U6cs3Fyq-J598Lg_gEQO_ZzTME95LmUd0CEi04AGEy-RaRigqYq24K60YuKWoS49ZmvOUI3oe2f3DhOmUMEndTf4JVSieSMBv5STycDRsaG2_SA7-auu-xkoYLdjgVkgZqDHSgC5G0k6OUiGgM/s5184/IMG_6617.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORp3Ykqzsh2g254EqX_hhlSIGwgI5ZHIbM3ixZvyD-U6cs3Fyq-J598Lg_gEQO_ZzTME95LmUd0CEi04AGEy-RaRigqYq24K60YuKWoS49ZmvOUI3oe2f3DhOmUMEndTf4JVSieSMBv5STycDRsaG2_SA7-auu-xkoYLdjgVkgZqDHSgC5G0k6OUiGgM/w642-h482/IMG_6617.JPG" width="642" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The facilities were free so we stopped to fill with water and get rid of the rubbish, more than normal with the carpet off cuts etc. Just as we were prepping to go up the lock, which was out way, another boat arrived to go yup, but they wanted the facilities so we got the lock anyway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzni2z3y4C2fMJmHmpXLcMpcIxYvOHrU8i0g0ZofFBYFOWMpjIUHablkoMYQxkEHS9HIjYAbOEX6P0Kw0qUIcUUCZSQupdN5OLYa6o1WvqbaW938ttc2lzN4EreXrw-ubyPNRrwKS1uwHMHgh5MBBkokn1xDaPLK1QuWogTMgVj4XevuTdlunoOeCnTk/s5184/IMG_6618.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzni2z3y4C2fMJmHmpXLcMpcIxYvOHrU8i0g0ZofFBYFOWMpjIUHablkoMYQxkEHS9HIjYAbOEX6P0Kw0qUIcUUCZSQupdN5OLYa6o1WvqbaW938ttc2lzN4EreXrw-ubyPNRrwKS1uwHMHgh5MBBkokn1xDaPLK1QuWogTMgVj4XevuTdlunoOeCnTk/w625-h469/IMG_6618.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tooley's Dry Dock is preserved, not quite in amber, but not like the scruffy old place it used to be, judging from old photos, but it is still there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQhg0sHBYOFKT2xPujy3uCxBQiTF5jRpieba5qkv6viM-VaAtFKRadGUMP9Rckk6JX0_S3yDrDV5Brurpq08sHIIG_gDDB4bz0drjefxKeaeJzmlb9qQVF4dq0Zgy4m_sb0_zgP6Sgi-xAq5d7ju1rSuVEJvI5JqV2lYdssu2JOt-ymQIeMYWI6GrngM/s5184/IMG_6620.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQhg0sHBYOFKT2xPujy3uCxBQiTF5jRpieba5qkv6viM-VaAtFKRadGUMP9Rckk6JX0_S3yDrDV5Brurpq08sHIIG_gDDB4bz0drjefxKeaeJzmlb9qQVF4dq0Zgy4m_sb0_zgP6Sgi-xAq5d7ju1rSuVEJvI5JqV2lYdssu2JOt-ymQIeMYWI6GrngM/w408-h543/IMG_6620.JPG" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The arm that was left when the canal was diverted for the modern road layout is now moorings, but is announced with a tall flag pole with a Union Flag, a cactus statue and model of a crane!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we approached Hardwick Lock I was intrigued by the mention in Pearson's Guide that a railway was built by German Prisoners of War in WWI. It turns out that this was true as the Ministry of Munitions was keen to exploit home produced iron ore rather than bring it in on ships. The line was built by Prisoners of War from the main GWR line north of Banbury, that bridge still crosses the canal. The Oxfordshire Ironstone Line ran on the west bank of the canal, now massive warehouse, to the the Wroxton Quarry to the west of Banbury. The North Oxfordshire Ironstone Company was set up in 1917 and the line was built by the POW between 1917 and 1919. Blascote Quarry was opened after Wroxton ran out and others followed. The Line was never part of British Rail and was run by the company with their own rolling stock, and they had their own rolling stock. The line closed in 1967 when the ore ran out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgTWEXZXhbm_z4mSacuZsVk2XR2k1nAZVuw2C3iuohulEtKnrcooRyjOq1F1-nUkpnP7lzpRZE02VsFFThNmW0hkGD2P7bNDAA5A5REoQe0cnJ_LcHkSnrzbL8BJIaxgIaHi-nfNt8ZRjALs4Xh9GXAZoP4544dtAx5uYJ1CBg_E5iuX3OYksRr5-kl4/s5184/IMG_6621.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgTWEXZXhbm_z4mSacuZsVk2XR2k1nAZVuw2C3iuohulEtKnrcooRyjOq1F1-nUkpnP7lzpRZE02VsFFThNmW0hkGD2P7bNDAA5A5REoQe0cnJ_LcHkSnrzbL8BJIaxgIaHi-nfNt8ZRjALs4Xh9GXAZoP4544dtAx5uYJ1CBg_E5iuX3OYksRr5-kl4/w624-h468/IMG_6621.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These swans were camera shy. A little later we saw a couple of cygnets that may have been booted out so you can understand it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRhLMV_3mbxQATDirNhyphenhyphen-956n_xPBnBQt6WKBEY-9Z876odVv-L4AGG_dC9RC5UAsXjRRIsi0CKRO6rYeRn9cPHOpDZs3rUaO_dcrXbayrkTjDcqPyC0J-HL2jZlbWK7bgxazNyqb4LX-OxhLyC_f7B-Bmh7gUbdG9sHnCUKZ2KCivJkEkMk6MGIjVqk/s5184/IMG_6623.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRhLMV_3mbxQATDirNhyphenhyphen-956n_xPBnBQt6WKBEY-9Z876odVv-L4AGG_dC9RC5UAsXjRRIsi0CKRO6rYeRn9cPHOpDZs3rUaO_dcrXbayrkTjDcqPyC0J-HL2jZlbWK7bgxazNyqb4LX-OxhLyC_f7B-Bmh7gUbdG9sHnCUKZ2KCivJkEkMk6MGIjVqk/w600-h450/IMG_6623.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The was the odd little drizzle or shower, but there was a fair bit of sunny periods too. The contrast of patches of light and the autumn colours made for a good picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46jrkp-6uk30Qv4_8fvrDc4KVCtkQBv-DCRYElZRDhf4_y8-80SpDm4-D3aTK22x4JfKmjhWSSvnWXKn-tg2Euum3GvJKeMRh7QwE1r-jTApzIITx6M4FGuAm9PBQ5EJBOBEFjawvNr8thoG18k70lDBcQf1visWxjKdNL7LyX40KLZI49oWhYNAl41E/s5184/IMG_6625.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46jrkp-6uk30Qv4_8fvrDc4KVCtkQBv-DCRYElZRDhf4_y8-80SpDm4-D3aTK22x4JfKmjhWSSvnWXKn-tg2Euum3GvJKeMRh7QwE1r-jTApzIITx6M4FGuAm9PBQ5EJBOBEFjawvNr8thoG18k70lDBcQf1visWxjKdNL7LyX40KLZI49oWhYNAl41E/w624-h468/IMG_6625.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is always interesting to see how far the bank sticks out on the off side. The cattle wandered quite far out so it is quite shallow there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRiA4UQqI7MfK7f6Zs48DdzmFzg1yZqhkFXPNDqj5W6GViQUeKwchROfIYeHNKKrRpa4ZE50oPzlwsbOAwKGYV5m_STsLN9gp7phMvcDx8HK0pV0d8e1uYIXw6GUkoFeYPKcOrdIPiPA04PDsik8KXahzHNZB1sSdmvcjQhaYRQsg2F0on2BNY0lqTsE/s5184/IMG_6627.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRiA4UQqI7MfK7f6Zs48DdzmFzg1yZqhkFXPNDqj5W6GViQUeKwchROfIYeHNKKrRpa4ZE50oPzlwsbOAwKGYV5m_STsLN9gp7phMvcDx8HK0pV0d8e1uYIXw6GUkoFeYPKcOrdIPiPA04PDsik8KXahzHNZB1sSdmvcjQhaYRQsg2F0on2BNY0lqTsE/w610-h458/IMG_6627.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This looks like it was a warehouse that belonged to Cropredy Mill that was on the towpath side of the canal. Some remains of the mill remain around the road bridge, The mill was built in 1819 and in 1905 the signalman at Cropredy station spotted a fire at the mill. He couldn't leave the signal box, but got passing trains to sound their whistles to try to raise the alarm. Eventually a man was sent on horseback to Banbury to rouse the fire brigade. They arrived 15 mins after hearing of the fire with a steam pump and a manual fire engine. There was no hope of saving the main building as the roof was already going. They managed to save the engine shed and boiler and the out buildings and nearby cottages. The hoist over the canal collapsed into the canal, with molten lead and many sacks of grain and rubble fell into the canal that had to be removed before navigation could continue. In the end the boiler and engine house were all that were saved, along with the outer walls of the main building. It was said the the costs would be £7 or £8,000, two thirds of which was covered by insurance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwfn_24EiqCkLyExs6PE3J5r-nuv1sFFtwaPO0UhYENN9eZdylzTbJNLQrWHltW0TOCMCsb8SwnVmzbXAYx_TaI_EpmzSJnOx-5sHUzbHxofkKAkWaa57vo8CQ-tk6yJmhuHIY5U7q1hFv3dND0kWTKryPiNrg2DIu7hTeDZPiGSgfL1Ab-WIhm-2Cb4/s5184/IMG_6628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwfn_24EiqCkLyExs6PE3J5r-nuv1sFFtwaPO0UhYENN9eZdylzTbJNLQrWHltW0TOCMCsb8SwnVmzbXAYx_TaI_EpmzSJnOx-5sHUzbHxofkKAkWaa57vo8CQ-tk6yJmhuHIY5U7q1hFv3dND0kWTKryPiNrg2DIu7hTeDZPiGSgfL1Ab-WIhm-2Cb4/w588-h441/IMG_6628.JPG" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped just aove the lock, and just before a heavy shower come down too. After a bite to eat I did a couple of jobs replacing some of our homemade double glazing in which the perspex had cracked. We then went for a walk around the village. This is Red Lion Street, right next to the church and shows off the ironstone coloured cottages of the area. You can see the pub sign of the Red Lion pub that dates from mid 1700's.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXZy7XAh2T80z5uZ4ja-Oti_9fbco1fkQNjyIrQt0ACEwKXfPfyZXwTOzJN20q3PFzaWmeN3LpS8IK0uUxrEXSwUcdl6CYNbTwcd1mFQ3ZOrdO-WOKg1CROV754pjEHnlqiep4pERsHP31v_nwHOgcdEzAdttU90RGnOhQzKy_zXqFwDUZfjZHv-Auss/s5184/IMG_6630.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXZy7XAh2T80z5uZ4ja-Oti_9fbco1fkQNjyIrQt0ACEwKXfPfyZXwTOzJN20q3PFzaWmeN3LpS8IK0uUxrEXSwUcdl6CYNbTwcd1mFQ3ZOrdO-WOKg1CROV754pjEHnlqiep4pERsHP31v_nwHOgcdEzAdttU90RGnOhQzKy_zXqFwDUZfjZHv-Auss/w616-h462/IMG_6630.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Brasenose Arms has been revamped during COVID when three friends took on the lease. It has been altered to a nice relaxed eatery and they have rooms too. I must say the beer was well kept too. They had Tim Taylors Landlord and Wadsworth 6X. After a couple we headed back to the boat for tea.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-30040897245259041482023-10-18T23:29:00.000+02:002023-10-18T23:29:16.922+02:00Two Connections To Hull.<p> I did hear the trains pass occasionally, but I slept well the rest of the time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNE3X3dYgokb-cgV6YpFBA3JqnVhENNYCf6XhDpTW3HeKzEUl0xPWVTGjg0Q0AgNUQkCzknm31MSr2DTxm4n-FprA03iQ4CGqwR7LGXTY8GdPqel0ppcBACSE9NCuils12xR_y7VPaBv1fhbtSt4lC1EcWMnBsshN5CYgEHMdvwyK5a2klAhyphenhyphenhSI67nhU/s5184/IMG_6601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNE3X3dYgokb-cgV6YpFBA3JqnVhENNYCf6XhDpTW3HeKzEUl0xPWVTGjg0Q0AgNUQkCzknm31MSr2DTxm4n-FprA03iQ4CGqwR7LGXTY8GdPqel0ppcBACSE9NCuils12xR_y7VPaBv1fhbtSt4lC1EcWMnBsshN5CYgEHMdvwyK5a2klAhyphenhyphenhSI67nhU/w631-h474/IMG_6601.JPG" width="631" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got going about 9:45, just as boats were passing from each direction. A little after getting away we passed a weir and I noticed on the concrete posts was the OCC of the 'Oxford Canal Company'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaEePkA4XXCX4HT_ooQstNWV5bVJTfm1qRUoIgGZIEE2Yqs8NPqF6MKjNtiEzTr0R6hnJwVh7NYTpjMYkCvk9xQ6If5wkLF3bMDGkIqgtZ_Rokx3o3g6GnLtL69Fi03cWrufrH5y8OuA89HgF2gqf-mk11oD52Mh7dCmIwVf4kMH2IHBa32ktvZMjMxw/s5184/IMG_6602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaEePkA4XXCX4HT_ooQstNWV5bVJTfm1qRUoIgGZIEE2Yqs8NPqF6MKjNtiEzTr0R6hnJwVh7NYTpjMYkCvk9xQ6If5wkLF3bMDGkIqgtZ_Rokx3o3g6GnLtL69Fi03cWrufrH5y8OuA89HgF2gqf-mk11oD52Mh7dCmIwVf4kMH2IHBa32ktvZMjMxw/w604-h453/IMG_6602.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ironstone buildings at Twyford Wharf look attractive. In 1882 the wharf consisted of a dwelling, a barn and a stables along with four enclosed fields, making over 17 acres. It looks like there is a camping and caravan field there now as well as a a few narrow boats for hire too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiGkqdj3wfMzfR5Xop3Onu5QfIaRguhIxWrcmLC1gk5FIALRHe4R-AfDsKRLFD6lAwiRnyhesPQssWs0xxVIABapIhd1KHD5_4793NFX8-C0kOeZgYSv0QuF8yCYy15O1JLw-VSY0BHpGaB9lvIhjntsJVTqeIWk8piOjhFNb7_IJBUnjxv4_LBDfwzo/s5184/IMG_6604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiGkqdj3wfMzfR5Xop3Onu5QfIaRguhIxWrcmLC1gk5FIALRHe4R-AfDsKRLFD6lAwiRnyhesPQssWs0xxVIABapIhd1KHD5_4793NFX8-C0kOeZgYSv0QuF8yCYy15O1JLw-VSY0BHpGaB9lvIhjntsJVTqeIWk8piOjhFNb7_IJBUnjxv4_LBDfwzo/w600-h450/IMG_6604.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This photo was taken not for the lifting bridge really, but to show that the sun was really trying to break through. I didn't succeed!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpZc1eyqER-4cz6Y5v2jV-C1AAiLHggaPJQKtSkiwz-ZZ-tvVi1TpYA2nge1VyKgolWs29wljCZ0Je2PRijKhKXHFCssDfqOHb4htIiTOQm_k9lXLJzKllSreUFpqTzEyFJk-SbsjCMgDAuH2dME0sNxCKBa3egUKlZkNck0aOA2RNUjiJbXRxkg9Qgw/s5184/IMG_6605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpZc1eyqER-4cz6Y5v2jV-C1AAiLHggaPJQKtSkiwz-ZZ-tvVi1TpYA2nge1VyKgolWs29wljCZ0Je2PRijKhKXHFCssDfqOHb4htIiTOQm_k9lXLJzKllSreUFpqTzEyFJk-SbsjCMgDAuH2dME0sNxCKBa3egUKlZkNck0aOA2RNUjiJbXRxkg9Qgw/w633-h475/IMG_6605.JPG" width="633" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again there was a mile post where their was supposed to be on this morning. I wonder why most of the others were removed? This one doesn't reveal the four holes for a plate to have been attached though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghB2Q_csyQfxQYy8XsRw0prqlyYgOKUBnPza3ZMzP7exLULujKE7kfCH5iPeEKZDoBy9PTcQ_4lDN9gZwRctoaA0vloMEaQLNMpMbqljhZFuu1eRpKl9oYV-IjIGpURsg8_uI8MjfXSh9CQWX3nReIDN8Le-t96w2gSU1VkxFpH8mwfO8hn991xQPDXsk/s5184/IMG_6606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghB2Q_csyQfxQYy8XsRw0prqlyYgOKUBnPza3ZMzP7exLULujKE7kfCH5iPeEKZDoBy9PTcQ_4lDN9gZwRctoaA0vloMEaQLNMpMbqljhZFuu1eRpKl9oYV-IjIGpURsg8_uI8MjfXSh9CQWX3nReIDN8Le-t96w2gSU1VkxFpH8mwfO8hn991xQPDXsk/w620-h465/IMG_6606.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I looked back from Grants Lock I could see the lift bridges where we had come from. For some reason they made me think of a couple of dinosaurs crossing the countryside.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f2ocrTLmb1AdTsZAdoPUthexbg7PKmGjkeWz8wiUWNr7SU2zni0P4NueandZSybfnqa3cjkj1rherQF5wC5owEPBBvWEr2fCWEY5UM2He-Vtuy0c3vZ6McKrvcjNvUna4XHAMqCLGwesr6f3O5vvK1o5TAJ7znN3-Yp9mT0rHYk7I14BQ_zPYN4XOBI/s5184/IMG_6607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f2ocrTLmb1AdTsZAdoPUthexbg7PKmGjkeWz8wiUWNr7SU2zni0P4NueandZSybfnqa3cjkj1rherQF5wC5owEPBBvWEr2fCWEY5UM2He-Vtuy0c3vZ6McKrvcjNvUna4XHAMqCLGwesr6f3O5vvK1o5TAJ7znN3-Yp9mT0rHYk7I14BQ_zPYN4XOBI/w594-h446/IMG_6607.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before entering Grants Lock is bridge 174. As you can see there is an older number built into the brickwork, 148! Where did the extra 26 bridges come from? I was wondering if it was the addition of the strecth from Napton to Braunston but this is only 14 bridges. I'm sure somebody will be able to tell me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21MK9B378d0-rN-Aous5I18UQuPBQt-GPDHApC1Wt-NjO3p_P8irfTB0gVqyTzk44nu14hw_s5bzQKdXUiX6AMR3QZopRuOnlf9EsCZhJFWF0VflB8oSUgHtP0o3YK9kw-ZgmqoXn4see3uH2UL-juvNV_SYVT5s_iaW-ND3bLNklx3NuRgEUrTNzr2Q/s5184/IMG_6609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21MK9B378d0-rN-Aous5I18UQuPBQt-GPDHApC1Wt-NjO3p_P8irfTB0gVqyTzk44nu14hw_s5bzQKdXUiX6AMR3QZopRuOnlf9EsCZhJFWF0VflB8oSUgHtP0o3YK9kw-ZgmqoXn4see3uH2UL-juvNV_SYVT5s_iaW-ND3bLNklx3NuRgEUrTNzr2Q/w643-h483/IMG_6609.JPG" width="643" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems that the original route of the canal went more or less straight on here, but has been diverted slightly so the bridge under the M40 is at 90 degrees rather than at a slant. It resumes the original route just the other side of the motorway. The lady leaning against the wall is a littler picker. This seems to be the limit of her beat from Banbury. When we passed this way south she was out and about with the tools of her trade too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz7SyXqX8mYcmZ_QHzrU19AXPo4peh-qMiShG89BU0Y69TvqZstL2Pol39io4bRkBX-PPTi0oaL9Qfc0Km8yPapVyybpurREsizS3TYctV_5UFmD1wOiUOQgKVVbd2w0m5AL41jPjJpBFP4kxCX0SidDZEBRD1e5g6b3l0zEFTClQlCLAlKyFm_5AfsU/s5184/IMG_6611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz7SyXqX8mYcmZ_QHzrU19AXPo4peh-qMiShG89BU0Y69TvqZstL2Pol39io4bRkBX-PPTi0oaL9Qfc0Km8yPapVyybpurREsizS3TYctV_5UFmD1wOiUOQgKVVbd2w0m5AL41jPjJpBFP4kxCX0SidDZEBRD1e5g6b3l0zEFTClQlCLAlKyFm_5AfsU/w629-h471/IMG_6611.JPG" width="629" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we cleared the motorway I took a fancy to the trees up ahead. Their scale and shape attracted me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBk0bn0znaBtzdulzWy_1PZsb2mXJKFZhv3b4cGv35F9CoIAXivopwFddAUbSLWtJq_SI-VVzHm8OtWWQilAKt9b5vQPMhcIZzdAr10RcxAcHaRM8k76OuIPUJehiGwaOHSnj_RAVxDs53d8mtfP91en7XNFSqRV5Ga_cgxhcxHb2z3mbgZs6ltPMYlU/s5184/IMG_6612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBk0bn0znaBtzdulzWy_1PZsb2mXJKFZhv3b4cGv35F9CoIAXivopwFddAUbSLWtJq_SI-VVzHm8OtWWQilAKt9b5vQPMhcIZzdAr10RcxAcHaRM8k76OuIPUJehiGwaOHSnj_RAVxDs53d8mtfP91en7XNFSqRV5Ga_cgxhcxHb2z3mbgZs6ltPMYlU/w618-h463/IMG_6612.JPG" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today was the first time I had a close look at the 'hinge'of these iconic Oxford Canal Lift Bridges. It looks like a Scherzer rolling bascule type bridge. These are named after the American engineer who invented them. The first to be built was in Chicago in 1895. The advantage of them is that the rolling motion along the rack reduces friction and actually means that the base of the bridge is moved clear of the gap intended for passage, rather than still jutting out. Several of the bridges across the River Hull at home are like this, but on a much larger scale.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVMnQY9lj2bIlKgCIoqJvgnIgYUj1smkh5D-eYAYerIWbXoxlWLeksSPisxAwHKk1h5mDY4w1dZPgodYOW6LPMZZJ6-hYtXpLlVOIQu3pP2hI1aRGLU7e_7jlGA5iH03ZHhKYrcdEIk43oJ9iR321R-UYfLC1t81kHhaDiSDJ21qtvNjrKPIwGpeo6hM/s5184/IMG_6613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVMnQY9lj2bIlKgCIoqJvgnIgYUj1smkh5D-eYAYerIWbXoxlWLeksSPisxAwHKk1h5mDY4w1dZPgodYOW6LPMZZJ6-hYtXpLlVOIQu3pP2hI1aRGLU7e_7jlGA5iH03ZHhKYrcdEIk43oJ9iR321R-UYfLC1t81kHhaDiSDJ21qtvNjrKPIwGpeo6hM/w631-h474/IMG_6613.JPG" width="631" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new housing south of Banbury seems to be growing. We did notice that there is a green space park already laid out with lit walk ways and a nice kids playground there. I did wonder if this was old industrial land but it looks as if it was agricultural until built upon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2-Ll2sGNkJcJeVaanysXdUVGyaK7iMPvuxBU1LBRuBtyn8S5ve2iVcWgPm6Oetg1I2dsnkJDsiZT1a1AJh5jhKOBaVkJ5Xkryg_zc6XQI4bGodUmrkP6hOa4pp-tMtDT1vKkzBxHxoo_aZL5XuAENKJIUEJEeF_DzF5WhvKttWKEg5K0YncjZJTNFTI/s5184/IMG_6614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2-Ll2sGNkJcJeVaanysXdUVGyaK7iMPvuxBU1LBRuBtyn8S5ve2iVcWgPm6Oetg1I2dsnkJDsiZT1a1AJh5jhKOBaVkJ5Xkryg_zc6XQI4bGodUmrkP6hOa4pp-tMtDT1vKkzBxHxoo_aZL5XuAENKJIUEJEeF_DzF5WhvKttWKEg5K0YncjZJTNFTI/w597-h448/IMG_6614.JPG" width="597" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I noticed that the permanent mooring as you approach Banbury are called Banbury Tramway Moorings. I looked on the old maps thinking that an old plateway or tramway ran alongside the towpath in the area, but it seems not. However It seems that the tramway ran from the west bank to the east connecting two sections of the Britannia Works. A small agricultural implement maker had been bought in 1848 by Bernhard Samuelson who had been born in Hamburg, but brought up in Hull! Under him the company grew and expanded over the canal to close to the railway station. To connect the two a tramway was built.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDB-HIboV_2EK2YBRHIefZ6J7zPakqtwTo9pbn4foixDoDewi0oY7sM0Ks-uQFgi_hNcH9l4U1R4xkOvxBUUDqlQEdcoRH9ohgn-9ahrU3l72iWpn0cSik2Gg3wLGDYfFoTNj71vCVzhGVuW6xW1hZTvEcnEuj3iP3uaLMb2A9PZ4ueXejuxLegwdK-k/s986/Screenshot%202023-10-18%20221035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="986" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDB-HIboV_2EK2YBRHIefZ6J7zPakqtwTo9pbn4foixDoDewi0oY7sM0Ks-uQFgi_hNcH9l4U1R4xkOvxBUUDqlQEdcoRH9ohgn-9ahrU3l72iWpn0cSik2Gg3wLGDYfFoTNj71vCVzhGVuW6xW1hZTvEcnEuj3iP3uaLMb2A9PZ4ueXejuxLegwdK-k/w603-h398/Screenshot%202023-10-18%20221035.jpg" width="603" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This extract from 1898 shows the extent of the works and the tramway. Samuelson was a great employer paying well above the going rate and looking after his workers in many ways, housing recreation, pensions, education etc. The company made digging and mowing equipment, chaff and linseed cutters, lawnmowers, rollers, reapers, churns and turnip cutters etc. He became the areas MP in 1858 and mostly stayed so for 30 years, and was made a Baron in 1884. He died in 1905 and the lower works (near the station) had a massive fire which, despite rebuilding etc started the company of the slippery slope. The works closed in 1933.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIj36HOlglSIz2kJ1SyEgvsSoqptWVf8KtV2Tn0SBMbGNe9VXzOvyaDqqSkBEsIVPtzZXS1Z2zpaiD-6hVdrRBqx0IJuv1ecX9CsFN35Tv5oa_pCWbcve6CnMuIVBtYPEoM4jUXpC3l9HLLuiEvlJEan24AoirS2OfhOUXbLRte82J9cj-mFs7F6qJoxQ/s5184/IMG_6615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIj36HOlglSIz2kJ1SyEgvsSoqptWVf8KtV2Tn0SBMbGNe9VXzOvyaDqqSkBEsIVPtzZXS1Z2zpaiD-6hVdrRBqx0IJuv1ecX9CsFN35Tv5oa_pCWbcve6CnMuIVBtYPEoM4jUXpC3l9HLLuiEvlJEan24AoirS2OfhOUXbLRte82J9cj-mFs7F6qJoxQ/w631-h473/IMG_6615.JPG" width="631" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moored up before the rain before Albion Bridge and after a bit to eat Helen went off to do some shopping after a walk to Sainsburys. I stayed and laid the new carpet in the bedroom. The lack of space was a real trial trying to cut out from a large piece. I managed tolerably well, and Helen said she was pleased with the results. (She would have to say that wouldn't she). We then went into town for a bite to eat. Helen was very pleased to have a small experience of of the 'fun of the fair' as she had missed Hull Fair which almost never does. It is the largest travelling fair in Europe. She actually only goes for the Carver's chips, brandy snap and chocolate cinder toffee! After leaving Hull they rides etc disperse and some have found there way to Banbury for their Michaelmas Fair that has been going for 500 years or more. Some of the roads and squares were closed off until Sunday. Shaming it was raining. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgLm_k8A9DB3IPZwivwv8u0o_5CUhc_JhM32Akkwu_iGYYodkYAsvDqC3KnHLtd9yIc1-E-KdWluWRYwutSN7X5KFd26D5SqFgZg_uQLMje48U2Oa3FN9-Thd1s0qgkBBt9fjSGar6KIZXoG3GW2LEpsAlCLmKbe-dxnuOyzn88SbRy66EO8yDgXpiLs/s5184/IMG_6616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgLm_k8A9DB3IPZwivwv8u0o_5CUhc_JhM32Akkwu_iGYYodkYAsvDqC3KnHLtd9yIc1-E-KdWluWRYwutSN7X5KFd26D5SqFgZg_uQLMje48U2Oa3FN9-Thd1s0qgkBBt9fjSGar6KIZXoG3GW2LEpsAlCLmKbe-dxnuOyzn88SbRy66EO8yDgXpiLs/w394-h525/IMG_6616.JPG" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way back to the boat we saw this 'mural'? Banksy'esque I suppose.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-71718531012970717642023-10-17T22:09:00.002+02:002023-10-17T22:09:28.857+02:00Wharves and Wonderings.<div style="text-align: left;">Another quiet night, but as we had not enough power through the ether we couldn't publish the blog, sorry folks, but I hope you have it now. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUaKMQ4OlboMBncZK8sK0Tv3nZPm1EClcWnYe0Bn4P10Yv1JzjUq9EsT3LZb6zlUGCqwl_av-0zClOaoPbec0UR_Z8g9TPs2pyE37oo80AH3FMMFva9fWQyAEgjjcSVVCYVBJmC933VCDInF19uLgUFCzJf8EqliyADsEzdtii8SMb8R1UI7KppKYBu8/s5184/IMG_6583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUaKMQ4OlboMBncZK8sK0Tv3nZPm1EClcWnYe0Bn4P10Yv1JzjUq9EsT3LZb6zlUGCqwl_av-0zClOaoPbec0UR_Z8g9TPs2pyE37oo80AH3FMMFva9fWQyAEgjjcSVVCYVBJmC933VCDInF19uLgUFCzJf8EqliyADsEzdtii8SMb8R1UI7KppKYBu8/w627-h470/IMG_6583.JPG" width="627" /></a> As we approached Allen's Lock we passed the barn at Manor Farm in Upper Heyford. The farm is owned by New College, Oxford and the barn was built between 1419 and 1421. It has 9 bays and two entrances. In the background is St. Mary's Church. The oldest part of the current church is the tower that was erected in 1425, but there was a wooden church at the time of the Norman Conquest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As we approached</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6VUK8OrVHL4dVb6h0rwmw4OL1R-VoiIEcJtyPb_x4r6SufWznMRMGy-niOKhmOkFTyftFaXyTGxJhbWhPc2NSye4wHeQfHLN9qj6fDq7tgqJ_Kti5OLpOr4KC9P7G9UHYcd5-ZRmEo4v6He4a8mZEa-AUBgt5i0hh149jTLiU63bSZB8AaYO7BMmr8c/s5184/IMG_6584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6VUK8OrVHL4dVb6h0rwmw4OL1R-VoiIEcJtyPb_x4r6SufWznMRMGy-niOKhmOkFTyftFaXyTGxJhbWhPc2NSye4wHeQfHLN9qj6fDq7tgqJ_Kti5OLpOr4KC9P7G9UHYcd5-ZRmEo4v6He4a8mZEa-AUBgt5i0hh149jTLiU63bSZB8AaYO7BMmr8c/w634-h476/IMG_6584.JPG" width="634" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was the first lock of the day and is Allen's Lock. There was a boat that passed us whilst we were moored so we knew we would have to drop each lock.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFR7Ye5kc_5b2ao3vL-BwkKOPO9prrtvmXfv98VCCf1BYdQovTNujtuiUAsR6DrSNk5s0O3mC_ir8AKTnlCFhyphenhyphenZGaA3ExM5r0ubETuXVHPuvRXNS2JKFeURbl4vJZ3uJYKbptjW0qKDz5VDFeeAdaWfnTcp9V_taVjPuVw209_dfyrBcyhh254cfeiRQY/s5184/IMG_6585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFR7Ye5kc_5b2ao3vL-BwkKOPO9prrtvmXfv98VCCf1BYdQovTNujtuiUAsR6DrSNk5s0O3mC_ir8AKTnlCFhyphenhyphenZGaA3ExM5r0ubETuXVHPuvRXNS2JKFeURbl4vJZ3uJYKbptjW0qKDz5VDFeeAdaWfnTcp9V_taVjPuVw209_dfyrBcyhh254cfeiRQY/w639-h479/IMG_6585.JPG" width="639" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had just put some hard wood logs on the stove just before we left to keep the fire ticking over until we stopped, so we had to suffer a bit of smoke for a while. The sun was shining on the brickwork of Bridge 200 that is just before our next lock, Heywood Common Lock.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEE9rrF12uoSZdneH8ypuvibY-DDCH-gxlqz_RblmH8GekT3V30EqAfxwh_tejasK14sZSHOKr7eSj9vS6In6JPKCEPak4hnLMBjmyBvUUGbAw5AztFwOAG_sWlAiwuGOr7dOxB9T7Ri4EiVn6KYHfvYIw0OvTrrGEuJotGdaw8yietuXAosZhyzj1P8/s5184/IMG_6587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEE9rrF12uoSZdneH8ypuvibY-DDCH-gxlqz_RblmH8GekT3V30EqAfxwh_tejasK14sZSHOKr7eSj9vS6In6JPKCEPak4hnLMBjmyBvUUGbAw5AztFwOAG_sWlAiwuGOr7dOxB9T7Ri4EiVn6KYHfvYIw0OvTrrGEuJotGdaw8yietuXAosZhyzj1P8/w632-h474/IMG_6587.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we approached Somerton the views across the flood plain became extensive.. It is here that there are no real hedges at the end of the fields so the towpath just cross the fields so gates are needed at the end of each field. Some of the fields were already flooded a little so I expect that there will be plenty of birds taking advantage later in the year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYOIQ8-JEJG1mP8aGs-0yGYSgKV1skCpcxmR0W50IovFwz8dM-ePpBv3pXvdZkYplB57PdawPlr4p4Vra_2Sbed6sCn9AW6j4QBj1ahWwkuo5jCqTUDCsBu6pGPylGZ5Y9XMycJY2LR_HuVHe6EsEt_NY-RDk33593a3KsKisq5IeLEFgaiL7qWm95Wg/s5184/IMG_6588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYOIQ8-JEJG1mP8aGs-0yGYSgKV1skCpcxmR0W50IovFwz8dM-ePpBv3pXvdZkYplB57PdawPlr4p4Vra_2Sbed6sCn9AW6j4QBj1ahWwkuo5jCqTUDCsBu6pGPylGZ5Y9XMycJY2LR_HuVHe6EsEt_NY-RDk33593a3KsKisq5IeLEFgaiL7qWm95Wg/w623-h468/IMG_6588.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It felt like we were coming out of a tunnel as we came through Bridge 198 with the boat shining in the sunlight. Well, perhaps shining is not the correct word!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDPU0gMquguHXGX2aOMS7rPoZ4nF4hwP1XM-RjPH57XN8C98zGBQ7PL2moYMs6Fec1BfuoPtsfeHT8lOgq6w-BLNjqwmgQQEZHKbeDHpnQbwjkGGRCaBdqs0iIS8qfgkqefAJAD236U7vEYL09AJqu_ZOopiUcF9twtUylMnIkkYU97sRKGG9JtLFU1U/s5184/IMG_6589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDPU0gMquguHXGX2aOMS7rPoZ4nF4hwP1XM-RjPH57XN8C98zGBQ7PL2moYMs6Fec1BfuoPtsfeHT8lOgq6w-BLNjqwmgQQEZHKbeDHpnQbwjkGGRCaBdqs0iIS8qfgkqefAJAD236U7vEYL09AJqu_ZOopiUcF9twtUylMnIkkYU97sRKGG9JtLFU1U/w614-h461/IMG_6589.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the distance, among some trees, you can get glimpses of Somerton Mill. The current building was constructed in 1869, but on the site of an earlier mill from 1513. A 12' water wheel was installed and powered 2 pairs of stones. It last worked commercially in 1935 but everything is still in place and occasionally they do produce flour.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUvY0D_mvJXkebsXqMQCxEUH4WVll13Q3jAQDs0BN_Dl4pT3w_J7OPmOMJTwSqixKzBEPeVGTWUDPnNQZsEzmW6Tow5B2ZOgnbYEfNPoX9JG7MjKoUnBTZRB8EZDgWECXOXWwC_idmBXVPdRYNpXmcOGCYFHHPFpytTn2X5oYaq0P-zFSmclERZE41nA/s5184/IMG_6591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUvY0D_mvJXkebsXqMQCxEUH4WVll13Q3jAQDs0BN_Dl4pT3w_J7OPmOMJTwSqixKzBEPeVGTWUDPnNQZsEzmW6Tow5B2ZOgnbYEfNPoX9JG7MjKoUnBTZRB8EZDgWECXOXWwC_idmBXVPdRYNpXmcOGCYFHHPFpytTn2X5oYaq0P-zFSmclERZE41nA/w625-h468/IMG_6591.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Somerton Wharf was not where these boats are now moored but close by the bridge. It was a spot where Council road stone was regularly dropped off. They also used to have cattle sales there too. Just through the bridge we found to old boats partially adrift so Helen held the centre line under the bridge whilst I tried to moor them up as best I could.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg392NcFMxbU9a8hwVc9BLRStdsfPLlYQBC4Wqt753BvHUMp9ZWDufuqks3n71_ngy-WEvohWnU2jkv8TPp0-SuxACAQPRKzhQolcKNgy4w9gxsBQFBprgKNy0d5AKyL7KOdawSffqtiQANgHLYsSXZdEBIw8qjVOCjgvVK-Lohf-tlTtZD7aSmiY_q6Y4/s5184/IMG_6592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg392NcFMxbU9a8hwVc9BLRStdsfPLlYQBC4Wqt753BvHUMp9ZWDufuqks3n71_ngy-WEvohWnU2jkv8TPp0-SuxACAQPRKzhQolcKNgy4w9gxsBQFBprgKNy0d5AKyL7KOdawSffqtiQANgHLYsSXZdEBIw8qjVOCjgvVK-Lohf-tlTtZD7aSmiY_q6Y4/w598-h449/IMG_6592.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There must be some sort of a bye law or rule but this bridge was up when we came through on the way south, but it was down on the way back. Is it like the country code where if you come across a gate leave it as you find it? I suppose they can be opened/closed from either side.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4Gq21PaOjwMQXPe5hpbeUn6G-4eAgUVhjF0jJtddNs13VwPQuxKuWqXzRRN2tEnKVhY9yrUvUZG_HLFMhuDUX2wCwmx-A4I_7A2OfZhHMG4F1FyaRXZWpkD0WpcyjJZoENHZ-oUVIxJEVvb0ZL95xjvXTXZIEAKEuB828bXxpSgVPIZckrPIp2VaZR0/s5184/IMG_6593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4Gq21PaOjwMQXPe5hpbeUn6G-4eAgUVhjF0jJtddNs13VwPQuxKuWqXzRRN2tEnKVhY9yrUvUZG_HLFMhuDUX2wCwmx-A4I_7A2OfZhHMG4F1FyaRXZWpkD0WpcyjJZoENHZ-oUVIxJEVvb0ZL95xjvXTXZIEAKEuB828bXxpSgVPIZckrPIp2VaZR0/w622-h466/IMG_6593.JPG" width="622" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Souldern Wharf was built soon after the canal was opened in 1790. In 1918 the wharf was still working and was for rent, along with 76 acres of grassland too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFOgtlvbY9NV1rCAwID-UMiy_47ZKktt9ehFTevfn45UIbjtOMkwZnhsYd5yKFYG96qnojkyiXbQlbBEy0XBsQAMHIQJ6-qXhvm3cvgZ_45lfpevhtGYmd1mRjrgGZ380X89FjZutE_8ojOLHNYeZC_xjWsSrikpxF5WStAR-MrePihcKnSd3w-lT7rw/s5184/IMG_6594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFOgtlvbY9NV1rCAwID-UMiy_47ZKktt9ehFTevfn45UIbjtOMkwZnhsYd5yKFYG96qnojkyiXbQlbBEy0XBsQAMHIQJ6-qXhvm3cvgZ_45lfpevhtGYmd1mRjrgGZ380X89FjZutE_8ojOLHNYeZC_xjWsSrikpxF5WStAR-MrePihcKnSd3w-lT7rw/w605-h454/IMG_6594.JPG" width="605" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were much shenanigans when the Great Western Railway wanted to extend to the north via the Midlands and Birmingham in particular. LNWR were also looking for this traffic and didn't want competition. GWR eventually got the Acts of Parliament required and construction started in 1849. There was little money as the GWR Directors had put their own money into it. The Acts of Parliament had eventually said that the lines could be mixed gauge as GWR were just about the only railway using the broad gauge. They had to include another rail so that other companies could access the route. Originally it was heading for Curzon Street Station, that is reopening for HS2, but before the Birmingham and Oxford Railway was opened the station had moved to Snow Hill Station. The line opened in October 1852. There are a couple of viaduct on the route just before Anyo Wharf. Eventually the GWR decided that trying to extend their broad gauge to the north wasn't working and in 1869 they decided that all routes north of Oxford would be narrow gauge. The broad gauge survived elsewhere until 1892 though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq92GTBYtt8243f0iw2hIarCyz1qn2MIdlFwvgi-m6MRWGGnZWjdbxEJi_Re2zMjrS0lQdZVAxvsy51YPJHPclJ2fsH32w8rkio7nb3_nOh1XkTjQFO3sM-l2u_znyYpjo6udzKkKGV5qqNn3qOzw68eAHRBnWyFz6nEKjWhyUBVrQC75-y-ltV4OJ0TA/s5184/IMG_6596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="603" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq92GTBYtt8243f0iw2hIarCyz1qn2MIdlFwvgi-m6MRWGGnZWjdbxEJi_Re2zMjrS0lQdZVAxvsy51YPJHPclJ2fsH32w8rkio7nb3_nOh1XkTjQFO3sM-l2u_znyYpjo6udzKkKGV5qqNn3qOzw68eAHRBnWyFz6nEKjWhyUBVrQC75-y-ltV4OJ0TA/w453-h603/IMG_6596.JPG" width="453" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the diamond shaped Anyo Weir Lock I noticed the date of 1931. This was the same time that the Grand Union was being updated to wide locks and bridges etc,. There was a lot going on then on the canals.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We were soon through Nells Bridge Lock and there is another story about this lock, in a similar vein as my one on Wednesday 11th on the way down. This happened in 1848. A boatman had his horse rope across the bridge despite it being against Canal regulations and a sign saying the penalty would be £5. A man on a horse came across this and stopped when the boatman, Joseph Fisher, asked him to wait while he unhitched. Whilst this was taking place a man on a runaway horse came hurtling down the hill. They collided with the line that was so tight that it snapped and the recoil flicked away, catching a 78 year old woman, the mother of the canal foreman, around the neck. She was catapulted down the road over 10 yards and was almost dead instantly. The inquest followed the next day and the death was called accidental! However the boatman was later fined the £5 for breaking the regulations. Different times. During the actual inquest three other boats going through the lock did exactly the same thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcXhIM-4hbu4KbW7ywPhHhCYHwRAapRl365mkQ5o3hUfPBYYOTBt4Q1pe-UAoRI8yCmVrlQMqIkQ48Fz4ORW_Evz7k9-LIJkehb3MsRKKvcpuYk75mJNcoci41ZUgkp6yEzVAXMm2xUG6tIEeoqxeXiT2TamAPn4WGiSc2naAJMvQAyHKUcOGoiWZnPU/s5184/IMG_6598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcXhIM-4hbu4KbW7ywPhHhCYHwRAapRl365mkQ5o3hUfPBYYOTBt4Q1pe-UAoRI8yCmVrlQMqIkQ48Fz4ORW_Evz7k9-LIJkehb3MsRKKvcpuYk75mJNcoci41ZUgkp6yEzVAXMm2xUG6tIEeoqxeXiT2TamAPn4WGiSc2naAJMvQAyHKUcOGoiWZnPU/w609-h457/IMG_6598.JPG" width="609" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Adderbury Wharf that has been converted and added to, to make a large posh house. In 1854 it was under the tenancy of James Wycherley and consisted of a dwelling house, granary, stables, coal wharf with a nearly new weighing machine. There were also 2 lime kilns and a barn as well as other outbuildings. There was 5 acres of land with it too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv3p2knJciMKJ28_-9IKo7nWX2k7ZUIzxDPTdU39Hkj7MWer1xRpRX3it-3b1AgRjvtwd59eEy0M_RSfR5hPCUbV3YroKx982Y3wGCa8mbuuzKQMnD5XSDTbZY3qFvIZS3xgy2hs1fLxV7P2WnmZZmh3GsomGRR5Z_0A3qjGm9heaWxtl_3LyKM4_7PI/s5184/IMG_6600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzv3p2knJciMKJ28_-9IKo7nWX2k7ZUIzxDPTdU39Hkj7MWer1xRpRX3it-3b1AgRjvtwd59eEy0M_RSfR5hPCUbV3YroKx982Y3wGCa8mbuuzKQMnD5XSDTbZY3qFvIZS3xgy2hs1fLxV7P2WnmZZmh3GsomGRR5Z_0A3qjGm9heaWxtl_3LyKM4_7PI/w599-h450/IMG_6600.JPG" width="599" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was intrigued by the stones I had seen along the bank, especially as I had spotted one and it didn't match up with the old maps. Just after going under the M40 I saw this stone with the four holes that would have held a plate in place. The map says that the distances were all measured from Longford and this was 68 miles away. This was the original Junction with the Coventry Canal where the two canals ran parallel with each other, until the junction was made at Hawkesbury. There were a couple of blokes lounging around a fire. I thought they may be fishing as the River Cherwell is just out of the picture to the left, but I saw no gear. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went up Kins Sutton Lock and moored up soon afterwards. We decided to wash the st'bd side of the boat as the bank was a good height and were had time whilst the engine cooled down. After that I did the oil change on the gear box and engine along with filters etc. It may be the last dry day for doing such things this time away.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-40092094336954723622023-10-17T16:19:00.002+02:002023-10-17T16:19:35.737+02:00A Lovely Day's Cruise.<div style="text-align: center;">Sorry we are a bit late with this blog we moored up with insufficient signal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdTHj1we_-wovO7toVCS9G5FRebAtQCemN12sylcFKpotsoSR4Y_WfB4x9Tfpx1bLbCX6awUFqwGCl0v62luH8e2xG7wswJ642ezlEDHyvFYQk7_HciAFt_Zqb1si_0FqEDpG6gvLprHuWrE3RwgPth7V8Udj033umws2kVpAVi_Vdr04r3EF3V92n4w/s5184/IMG_6555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdTHj1we_-wovO7toVCS9G5FRebAtQCemN12sylcFKpotsoSR4Y_WfB4x9Tfpx1bLbCX6awUFqwGCl0v62luH8e2xG7wswJ642ezlEDHyvFYQk7_HciAFt_Zqb1si_0FqEDpG6gvLprHuWrE3RwgPth7V8Udj033umws2kVpAVi_Vdr04r3EF3V92n4w/w636-h477/IMG_6555.JPG" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We were toasty through the night but when I got up to make the tea there was a frost and 'smoke on the water'. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We were a little late setting off and as Helen was ashore lifting the bridge and nobody was on the facilities, we went to top up the water. I had had a message regarding the closure of Kidlington Green Lock after a boat strike broke the beam? Luckily we are the right side of it. A lady at the water point told us that Baker's Lock that pens up into the Cherwell was on red boards, but we felt that traffic would have been backing up at Thrupp if that was the case and continued on our way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nc3mC6FrvqP3x33KOenTNGdtVA3j-sEtfjm3qm4H6vVHMAPo6XlDbAJ4HszT6HTeZl_d7dH-WVrq0JQfVWi7q3QfACWocO1WbQcSihNtP6Hb9rmV5m8sw-1d8KuYqiKygTodQ73nBxFQOIMbsx6jQSW5OZM21KWcwrvWUgnuTgyVFN-OI42VUBA0aWY/s5184/IMG_6557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nc3mC6FrvqP3x33KOenTNGdtVA3j-sEtfjm3qm4H6vVHMAPo6XlDbAJ4HszT6HTeZl_d7dH-WVrq0JQfVWi7q3QfACWocO1WbQcSihNtP6Hb9rmV5m8sw-1d8KuYqiKygTodQ73nBxFQOIMbsx6jQSW5OZM21KWcwrvWUgnuTgyVFN-OI42VUBA0aWY/w591-h443/IMG_6557.JPG" width="591" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As we cleared Thrupp we came to the railway line that crosses the canal, close to where the Woodstock railway joined. On Christmas Eve in 1874 this was the scene of a terrible rail accident. The 10 am London Paddington train bound north to Birkenhead was packed for the holiday. It had 14 carriages behind the engine and due to traffic and passenger delays at Reading it was running 15 mins late. When it got to Oxford they decided to added another carriage to the train, and to ensure that they didn't fall any further behind than necessary they also added another engine. At sometime between 12 and 1 pm the train was making 40 mph as it approached the bridge over the River Cherwell near Thrupp. Something went wrong and a Great Western Railway employee lent out of the window and waved. Apparently this was the emergency signal to the engine. Other reports state that he put his arm out of the window to pull the emergency wire that was external and rang a gong in the engine. The man remembers hearing the answering whistle from the engine, but nothing else. The driver applied the brakes and whistled again for the brake van at the rear of the train to apply his brakes. It was never heard. It was found after the accident that one of the wheels on the first carriage shed its 'tyre'. The was the circular bit that had contact with the rails and in those days there were different types. These were attached to the wheel by four rivets and it seems three of these gave way. The weather was very cold with snow everywhere and it was conjectured whether this and the heavy load may have had something to do with them giving way. The carriage continued to run straight, crossing the river bridge but slid over and off the embankment dragging the next few with it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0_kxRpXl4OE9eeNsayoa7Xw54an2NhX4iqpwYfnCSQeV4TRgIALza4saKRQy790zNKlD-m5kbgjybuyunc-39LCdFf7biMI2QkM5f8RiwX9lhESyWvDEZTI6o5SBIbRFWK1fjTr7Ht5iLXmvh8ksYH4CcPfoD_xaUgtWpoovD0AOYaGFBjgHHZgEeCI/s1000/Shipton%20Train%20crash.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1000" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0_kxRpXl4OE9eeNsayoa7Xw54an2NhX4iqpwYfnCSQeV4TRgIALza4saKRQy790zNKlD-m5kbgjybuyunc-39LCdFf7biMI2QkM5f8RiwX9lhESyWvDEZTI6o5SBIbRFWK1fjTr7Ht5iLXmvh8ksYH4CcPfoD_xaUgtWpoovD0AOYaGFBjgHHZgEeCI/w628-h393/Shipton%20Train%20crash.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As the train sped on the chains connecting some of the carriages broke and the next few carriages continued on until hitting the rear of the engines that had slowed and then rolling down the embankment at the canal bridge. At the rear of the train some carriages stayed on the tracks and there was relatively little damage. Many were on the scene and the news got back to Oxford very quickly via the signal boxes and rescues set off very quickly. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_U0KaTunBIqBgxvlat8d2tKea4WsmbnK17J3rNQrZdcZ26hv50vBJxdiL_atWddWbZQ2wbzk27C4r_ZDqld6bAYyNjVEhVhitVAYR3VxNEKzojiEPiRM0p5YmIbm-U02PqpxJhrC2Ucx-bv2UvP75DzSvhIYdIzjUiy8mJrcXpxupYJekT2vizgyiJc/s640/Shipton1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="640" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_U0KaTunBIqBgxvlat8d2tKea4WsmbnK17J3rNQrZdcZ26hv50vBJxdiL_atWddWbZQ2wbzk27C4r_ZDqld6bAYyNjVEhVhitVAYR3VxNEKzojiEPiRM0p5YmIbm-U02PqpxJhrC2Ucx-bv2UvP75DzSvhIYdIzjUiy8mJrcXpxupYJekT2vizgyiJc/w619-h420/Shipton1.jpg" width="619" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">One little girls was found in the canal. She was too young to talk and it was assumed that her family had died. She was taken to the Boat Inn at Thrupp to be looked after. Bodies that were recovered were taken to the paper mill by the river at Hampton Gay close to the scene. Within an hour the section of the canal had been drained to assist in the search and rescue. In the end it was found that 34 were dead, mainly from the first few carriages, 26 in the accident and 8 from injuries received. There were also 69 seriously injured passengers too. The little girl was found to be travelling with her mother and older sister and her father claimed her a day later. </div><div style="text-align: left;">At the inquiry it was found that it was caused by the shedding of the tyre that caused the derailment. It was recommended that GWR should resort to the wooden wheels with a trim on as they had a better safety record. This problem was the cause of many accidents over the years until they managed to manufacture a steel casting of the wheels in one piece. They also recommended that there should be better communication cords and that there should be some system of breaking across all elements of the train, not just the engine and the brake van. Soon after the vacuum brake was introduced.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRbNtOvO900s_J0SuH9SBO4iiBpU4ulHfe3WbZBGfpiIymps4qZxeSuV65GJ0hEZw4su_7q9LODgqX8qTFfaEx7sEDsmj_Ppact1ErFqFMW5NWxp0ax3LPJ4tNayQ6tyaBQS861IQifGLfWbDV3KsJ-KvfwD1jZKzeYcI_zMkxuScyRqZpk2NpMw2wjU/s5184/IMG_6561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRbNtOvO900s_J0SuH9SBO4iiBpU4ulHfe3WbZBGfpiIymps4qZxeSuV65GJ0hEZw4su_7q9LODgqX8qTFfaEx7sEDsmj_Ppact1ErFqFMW5NWxp0ax3LPJ4tNayQ6tyaBQS861IQifGLfWbDV3KsJ-KvfwD1jZKzeYcI_zMkxuScyRqZpk2NpMw2wjU/w396-h528/IMG_6561.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">When we got to Shipton Weir Lock we could see that the strong stream warning board was in amber and off we went, as had everybody else who had passed us that morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXR_R8aENo243_VVRWeft3VGQTS9N0gwL7ghhs63nfflWchgzcIIceR6l9VKt83h38CCRIY6zfJF2a-CTK7cInw_a2vzrnlJ7zX90z2c8owlW5RB2Y5hYPr6DtxQ3TQkPuZKQKxJGkMM-Y3amjc1F2x7KUYa2fEjvp8hX6Pc78xtA3zRQ6lnoNH-ChE8/s5184/IMG_6562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXR_R8aENo243_VVRWeft3VGQTS9N0gwL7ghhs63nfflWchgzcIIceR6l9VKt83h38CCRIY6zfJF2a-CTK7cInw_a2vzrnlJ7zX90z2c8owlW5RB2Y5hYPr6DtxQ3TQkPuZKQKxJGkMM-Y3amjc1F2x7KUYa2fEjvp8hX6Pc78xtA3zRQ6lnoNH-ChE8/w392-h523/IMG_6562.JPG" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Helen was patiently waiting for the lock to fill.The rise was small, but as it is a diamond shaped lock there was a fair bit of water to come in, and only one paddle at each end.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir73GJ6BVXwJmD8uPHgnDGmHahFBNhMICUjM-czOGh-R4eKlynf07T_2uQkwMdma8wgBLIAKPkfq7jbGxUQmgSXAezg_i6hvY3c-gbKrDZCDNvrH5RmR-8vZUmyadnMnklDpqT2iCkD4WSqV87PUfr3j0JKTR2zDb9bIvCNa1W34aLYPUXhm0Mpewk4Tw/s5184/IMG_6563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir73GJ6BVXwJmD8uPHgnDGmHahFBNhMICUjM-czOGh-R4eKlynf07T_2uQkwMdma8wgBLIAKPkfq7jbGxUQmgSXAezg_i6hvY3c-gbKrDZCDNvrH5RmR-8vZUmyadnMnklDpqT2iCkD4WSqV87PUfr3j0JKTR2zDb9bIvCNa1W34aLYPUXhm0Mpewk4Tw/w651-h488/IMG_6563.JPG" width="651" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The river section is quite short, but there are several bends. It was easy going against the current but with the flow behind it could make life interesting, but it wasn't running that fast really.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Mh8R1GxWGPHeVtkiixaarQKUWVIRbC7-ygMHE_fgy7tOOHuz5brMK-uxmnebUksRQWc8mljkfdrexvW1-IaxBjXy0drKTpYqkZQzVh4jHbtpC5sPYPKedXzZlVBOKz6HqIf9X4ScdHuRk2A1OcPaRtwYYSDHUxDncfkgNwZmypbN1803N2bG8CBLqyU/s5184/IMG_6566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Mh8R1GxWGPHeVtkiixaarQKUWVIRbC7-ygMHE_fgy7tOOHuz5brMK-uxmnebUksRQWc8mljkfdrexvW1-IaxBjXy0drKTpYqkZQzVh4jHbtpC5sPYPKedXzZlVBOKz6HqIf9X4ScdHuRk2A1OcPaRtwYYSDHUxDncfkgNwZmypbN1803N2bG8CBLqyU/w629-h472/IMG_6566.JPG" width="629" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As we approached Baker's Lock at the end of the river section we could so the dishes of a satellite earth station. This one in a disused quarry at Whitehill is run by Mercury and transmits signals to satellites that are then transmitted to other stations around the world as part of the telephone system.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE3QJUg86FM0RULlbgXII7kN6CM_Efy7RrrDSA93ynb-ssTWBbyTpN85ygFgbE9ZTqiKl_ycoK70f4pBPjF7HBUmjgU1SJdz4mK_WglU60jcuRZy8U7lphCLv2WDBEyxTbrflnACh60oSqGcldN3d0-od_wDMTzPVU-22OPCi8bVFgcMXMeqiCwAESP4/s5184/IMG_6568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE3QJUg86FM0RULlbgXII7kN6CM_Efy7RrrDSA93ynb-ssTWBbyTpN85ygFgbE9ZTqiKl_ycoK70f4pBPjF7HBUmjgU1SJdz4mK_WglU60jcuRZy8U7lphCLv2WDBEyxTbrflnACh60oSqGcldN3d0-od_wDMTzPVU-22OPCi8bVFgcMXMeqiCwAESP4/w598-h449/IMG_6568.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just at the head of Pigeons Lock, that was named after the Three Pigeons pub that was by the bottom gates, is Flights Mill. This was built in the 18th Century and had an undershot water wheel. In 1903 it was for sale with a three story house and corn mill with two stones. It was derelict in 1968 and the milling equipment removed. It was later rebuilt as a residential property and the 13' x 5' water wheel now drives a generator. It was last sold for £1.7 million and is valued today at £2.4 million!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXjIbS692_WAfenA5yP4w_2J9wLsNGUWJHLXQfvsE244GY9clkSuNjnLvzRKv_Ug4fvfJiefRLk421Ag6sgmva382vLYYOXxlQO4WP6XCT0CILt-dIOm29gRAJMUfq_bfLfdmrazNXEK4YjgT4gCAw8SuwVef1oFmA4dDKTCzt9qJpdFH0zsW0CYxM84/s5184/IMG_6569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXjIbS692_WAfenA5yP4w_2J9wLsNGUWJHLXQfvsE244GY9clkSuNjnLvzRKv_Ug4fvfJiefRLk421Ag6sgmva382vLYYOXxlQO4WP6XCT0CILt-dIOm29gRAJMUfq_bfLfdmrazNXEK4YjgT4gCAw8SuwVef1oFmA4dDKTCzt9qJpdFH0zsW0CYxM84/w620-h465/IMG_6569.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not much sun today, but very little wind, so very pleasant cruising, meeting the odd boat as we go along.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2z-nzRTy5gMUBm6zNLD0rGQaaeGxvYyfpqw_fm8x_NXwrTIBhAv4lWE39HQDjn3ffkrqdPn619Qaoy0jVjaCUpI9Xiznwv7cP46NT6jr-yDkiatd6RCvkZe2rzSkiDfT8dqp9IuL-491NTGHDsSG4MErNPUp9TY4BvjAX31gOkpihyphenhypheneZQWIwkKF8fu4/s5184/IMG_6571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2z-nzRTy5gMUBm6zNLD0rGQaaeGxvYyfpqw_fm8x_NXwrTIBhAv4lWE39HQDjn3ffkrqdPn619Qaoy0jVjaCUpI9Xiznwv7cP46NT6jr-yDkiatd6RCvkZe2rzSkiDfT8dqp9IuL-491NTGHDsSG4MErNPUp9TY4BvjAX31gOkpihyphenhypheneZQWIwkKF8fu4/w614-h460/IMG_6571.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This area has many disused quarries. The main one, with the moorings by it, is Kirtlington Quarry. This is an SSSI and was formed 166 million years ago when it was a barrier island in a coastal location, much like the Florida Keys today. This was the Jurrasic time and the limestone and clay deposits are full of very notable fossil groups here. Dinosaurs such as cetiosaurus, 15m long, megalosaurs, pterasurs and sharks and long nosed crocodiles. How ever they are noted for the mammalian fossils that are found there. From 1907 to 1928 the rock was used for cement production. This photo is of another part of the same quarry closer to Pigeon's Lock.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaPXY2kgoi2Rhgg_VibBjsGYzGk1WImtjAbnch9bWcv38fuG5qE-ZbjNnAU0y3BOTwX9NGsgoXIQ7LlcyPD9o9BNnCRTnMY0b5-47cEUVRR3jPoMEVRN8jQrBIUHRoV5gJbqk9C6CCD-2OHACC0L5sJIN9ifwNZm_fGWpbPJB26128D1mt8NW8NQxWbQ/s5184/IMG_6576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaPXY2kgoi2Rhgg_VibBjsGYzGk1WImtjAbnch9bWcv38fuG5qE-ZbjNnAU0y3BOTwX9NGsgoXIQ7LlcyPD9o9BNnCRTnMY0b5-47cEUVRR3jPoMEVRN8jQrBIUHRoV5gJbqk9C6CCD-2OHACC0L5sJIN9ifwNZm_fGWpbPJB26128D1mt8NW8NQxWbQ/w610-h458/IMG_6576.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Along the length of canal between Dashwoods Lock, (Named after the family that owned Kirtlington and Northbrook from 1641 to 1909), and Lower Heyford, along the stretch of The Cleeves Woods, we saw four or five kingfisher, but only managed to get this half decent shot of one.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We stopped before getting to Upper Heyford and then managed to wash the port side, even Helen helped today.</div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-24358886150737334302023-10-15T21:35:00.000+02:002023-10-15T21:35:01.367+02:00Off from Oxford.<p> Another good night was had, and the sun was streaming through the trees when we got up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAOrwdhahyXbN6rZGW3Ujp0ACKTPCvmNNf3sl_mCEKsPOWAxKalquc6syzfbotaFp1oc9JHZpWLECFwntgimiUBPPorYJZa5ZAdPF8G8CD1M2pGt1qhswNEnHcMkjUBMKNQ9UoOtmnBB7tO7Lb36TZGeDY7suO1HXp_BdfjjhrXfL7S5g_vJCiqITIxE/s5184/IMG_6536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAOrwdhahyXbN6rZGW3Ujp0ACKTPCvmNNf3sl_mCEKsPOWAxKalquc6syzfbotaFp1oc9JHZpWLECFwntgimiUBPPorYJZa5ZAdPF8G8CD1M2pGt1qhswNEnHcMkjUBMKNQ9UoOtmnBB7tO7Lb36TZGeDY7suO1HXp_BdfjjhrXfL7S5g_vJCiqITIxE/w602-h452/IMG_6536.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a cameraman at Isis Lock as we approached. He wasn't there to record our passing but was taking pictures of a kingfisher that was flying about in the basin.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rNjqe0vriDWPWuo7nNgkJhqujbuAru70sJ-DCsikTTbitSBjDs1jw4OnW_YMeg_ALahyphenhyphenOtYVywUDyPSaGCoVKtjZTfVCKhhGq70Tm0S5cUcjt1uzF2mpfiFtx8RkPfz23UDzyYsdBuQIVFVs1Zr_B1PrHu0TClOvRvvtuWwTM5BsiZmOF9qEDxzgI5o/s5184/IMG_6539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rNjqe0vriDWPWuo7nNgkJhqujbuAru70sJ-DCsikTTbitSBjDs1jw4OnW_YMeg_ALahyphenhyphenOtYVywUDyPSaGCoVKtjZTfVCKhhGq70Tm0S5cUcjt1uzF2mpfiFtx8RkPfz23UDzyYsdBuQIVFVs1Zr_B1PrHu0TClOvRvvtuWwTM5BsiZmOF9qEDxzgI5o/w384-h512/IMG_6539.JPG" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I noticed that the red warning lights were flashing but it was only on the way back in the lock, after winding, that I saw they explained the way to do the winding in the running waters. We had witnessed two boat ending across the barriers, driven by the current. On the way back I saw that the way we did it, was the recommended way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ7DQUiM5f33Bj4iOAaoPBIaVmovhXqSVE55HgwKdsN3bhAvMdMoyLAH9-iu6ve4nLsv2ZGJf9fwQJffCUlmdDMpik5mqWQP0n7fb_9NFwkoqEFcegVAfRBlqntokwGs08g3KZVihaCd7mfL_980aJvWDE8t8UcG-6AavPwdqEdGeKaDauSK1UZO-0Ck/s1200/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1200" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ7DQUiM5f33Bj4iOAaoPBIaVmovhXqSVE55HgwKdsN3bhAvMdMoyLAH9-iu6ve4nLsv2ZGJf9fwQJffCUlmdDMpik5mqWQP0n7fb_9NFwkoqEFcegVAfRBlqntokwGs08g3KZVihaCd7mfL_980aJvWDE8t8UcG-6AavPwdqEdGeKaDauSK1UZO-0Ck/w622-h302/download.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 2013, when still excited about the prospect of running the canal system perhaps, C&RT were contemplating having the canal continued past where it ends now by Hythe Bridge, to where it used to, by going under the bridge to the old basin that had a covered wharf and an extensive coal wharf. It was just a car park at the time, but actually is owned by Nuffield College. This is what it looked like after WWII before being filled in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmV1vOK4t_vZ68LOCIcvX9A5n6WpVINdrmgdXDgq7xoF5bVvB9zuPYZuhcayaL39XpKBE5P4ZK3KHpPM0vJe_Rx_VkfR3qIHOSurxM1FMVAskRjfgmtPNbrpZJupjt-Tc5LutLuRQZLBVDduVfnRLVu-FZsu5LISCAXcpNwd1O6Q6Fjrg3yPXjVVPByI/s5184/IMG_6543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmV1vOK4t_vZ68LOCIcvX9A5n6WpVINdrmgdXDgq7xoF5bVvB9zuPYZuhcayaL39XpKBE5P4ZK3KHpPM0vJe_Rx_VkfR3qIHOSurxM1FMVAskRjfgmtPNbrpZJupjt-Tc5LutLuRQZLBVDduVfnRLVu-FZsu5LISCAXcpNwd1O6Q6Fjrg3yPXjVVPByI/w584-h438/IMG_6543.JPG" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI54P2G7VY_d5lOazX8zSZ6o9qkgyb4iIHo8pXNcEoSmKMbnmqI6M2bqBlSTVFB3KbNCEtXCroXB1bAdb1-MUaPOt_P7K-QyxzZV8u9EmeFB_PJUdHhvhEyigxv5R2ge2MYACJbl2lI8bO3_tjvp1UdJRXCnpAAa__LUTd81rKuulM7rwnxHBcEwVy-4/s5184/IMG_6544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI54P2G7VY_d5lOazX8zSZ6o9qkgyb4iIHo8pXNcEoSmKMbnmqI6M2bqBlSTVFB3KbNCEtXCroXB1bAdb1-MUaPOt_P7K-QyxzZV8u9EmeFB_PJUdHhvhEyigxv5R2ge2MYACJbl2lI8bO3_tjvp1UdJRXCnpAAa__LUTd81rKuulM7rwnxHBcEwVy-4/w587-h441/IMG_6544.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are some of the murals at Frenchhay Road Bridge. They are some of the best I have seen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYG-6V095WfqWBtIA6epR2AUYTu4zOwnm24oEyPJdtiVrRAOmrnMol5WIRrsibPHO9JLpyehi9d_uc0qEG4HHlr5URstPELr_DzuDMxDZtSsXg-yh2qEtMQ-u-9Nwi5D9IH5jLdS0WSIr8dthy5mejGsuvoak0-ZQN2dBGTZSxE_ztVWQX8NPYsCGR3w/s5184/IMG_6547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="561" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYG-6V095WfqWBtIA6epR2AUYTu4zOwnm24oEyPJdtiVrRAOmrnMol5WIRrsibPHO9JLpyehi9d_uc0qEG4HHlr5URstPELr_DzuDMxDZtSsXg-yh2qEtMQ-u-9Nwi5D9IH5jLdS0WSIr8dthy5mejGsuvoak0-ZQN2dBGTZSxE_ztVWQX8NPYsCGR3w/w421-h561/IMG_6547.JPG" width="421" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we were waiting to go up Dukes Lock these chaps came and altered the Dukes Cut Thames board to red. I did ask them if the River Cherwell section was open/ I was told they were in warning at the moment.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivO8vL8VxQ8FzgLiLatCAx4mhrDK5l1edZ8xHlMibTDmTH1u4FLxQ-1yz5d_LLjCmWPIvGjGFS6WYozESt1sT2OIWO4JWF8RLTWcQaHwNqqWol2oyDZeNU8xox3udhWOglLttYyS79GI4gxtmEBNZjVD4x4nyLaNxpnbtMyGBhke-5DxkCSM8sDLJGt_k/s5184/IMG_6548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivO8vL8VxQ8FzgLiLatCAx4mhrDK5l1edZ8xHlMibTDmTH1u4FLxQ-1yz5d_LLjCmWPIvGjGFS6WYozESt1sT2OIWO4JWF8RLTWcQaHwNqqWol2oyDZeNU8xox3udhWOglLttYyS79GI4gxtmEBNZjVD4x4nyLaNxpnbtMyGBhke-5DxkCSM8sDLJGt_k/w635-h476/IMG_6548.JPG" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped for water at the point after Dukes Cut. The Duke's Cut was opened in 1789 and named after the Duke of Marlborough as it passes through his land. It is separated from the Thames by a stop lock just under the railway bridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0VdqoqNEsbEmYoYUP6Rzisyu5PWLEOTKdgugsMDjn0TnkQpZK1twjnQ3NHqFArnr7Xt44QiTy48wllTvVZh1r_6RbGFkZVuiC7BAqwPw6psUTxJKXWGzkgcV6FBzyhek_wzWEKyNPGj93742pcZ2CwGz1pCxW6-G-kigQc2nS2bLNRGMmTkRhxXD2i0/s5184/IMG_6549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0VdqoqNEsbEmYoYUP6Rzisyu5PWLEOTKdgugsMDjn0TnkQpZK1twjnQ3NHqFArnr7Xt44QiTy48wllTvVZh1r_6RbGFkZVuiC7BAqwPw6psUTxJKXWGzkgcV6FBzyhek_wzWEKyNPGj93742pcZ2CwGz1pCxW6-G-kigQc2nS2bLNRGMmTkRhxXD2i0/w642-h481/IMG_6549.JPG" width="642" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The leaves are still on the trees, but it wont be too long!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDo_l0aLm1cVydhSUN2xjF9Q2h8SSeUrYefx3O7dp7LZbsG0kV3CEgN-ir1qPsN6UJVIT8xIStviWDx-00zs4ReLQ9Bwhi3rJsT_e1n4zyvl8-lw8d-yVZGUdoDs73KHt6AN6kYXLUMT_dSawBtxblhDv4IAo0KmnPV396774doXGUTSq-9_2g-6kllw/s5184/IMG_6551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDo_l0aLm1cVydhSUN2xjF9Q2h8SSeUrYefx3O7dp7LZbsG0kV3CEgN-ir1qPsN6UJVIT8xIStviWDx-00zs4ReLQ9Bwhi3rJsT_e1n4zyvl8-lw8d-yVZGUdoDs73KHt6AN6kYXLUMT_dSawBtxblhDv4IAo0KmnPV396774doXGUTSq-9_2g-6kllw/w649-h487/IMG_6551.JPG" width="649" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was plenty of room between the Boat In and the lift bridge at Thrupp and we decided to stop as we had never stopped here before. I put the aerial up to get the rugby and the Strictly Results tonight. After the England match we went for a walk, over the lift bridge and through the field. These trees looked lovely in the sun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSQd3GexgGAhtx8aLtH8jc9woXLhEf-11oxJBCnmtazIA_OsgDcuyYTmR0I3qWTNCgAwpvas8AIPxB706I41RJHIJ4Wq1iSbYNkbDaKOdvXQ9lOsBPnRhlq6UvKDIjAA6D0gw3eYFCLAfqUfR3KNSUoYoGYcwqsWIpMrNsWFQA75k6VWaH9aqjnCC4F8/s5184/IMG_6552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSQd3GexgGAhtx8aLtH8jc9woXLhEf-11oxJBCnmtazIA_OsgDcuyYTmR0I3qWTNCgAwpvas8AIPxB706I41RJHIJ4Wq1iSbYNkbDaKOdvXQ9lOsBPnRhlq6UvKDIjAA6D0gw3eYFCLAfqUfR3KNSUoYoGYcwqsWIpMrNsWFQA75k6VWaH9aqjnCC4F8/w603-h452/IMG_6552.JPG" width="603" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fields must have looked lovely when they were in full flower, as there was still some flowering in the meadow. It seems that this deer was enjoying the grass too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWzrnh3GtpBNPXgcrCqYIErwaBgG08eBKRnbZhIWtprmmbgD6MCTYI7nCQWxvxDEJwaHAaUNgLZhIU9T2unPPFylxT2aNuKWuIepgg1LVUdZdyJYXQOHh3zuU-V__XqoW03bt-3cLdAym3HxPA1jnGH4qTgjYMy5JulPEYb7w-gWtlkqMTfiupTpmL4E/s5184/IMG_6553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWzrnh3GtpBNPXgcrCqYIErwaBgG08eBKRnbZhIWtprmmbgD6MCTYI7nCQWxvxDEJwaHAaUNgLZhIU9T2unPPFylxT2aNuKWuIepgg1LVUdZdyJYXQOHh3zuU-V__XqoW03bt-3cLdAym3HxPA1jnGH4qTgjYMy5JulPEYb7w-gWtlkqMTfiupTpmL4E/w429-h571/IMG_6553.JPG" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After getting back we decided to head for a pint at the boat too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N_yN6E4NPCztNXifsE5wwWK7xQXh7KclMbn7gpJvniT4mCbOvtMLjxItIrr9CD_x7wjm_V0HTvc1OahnamWtT3fKaPPk1YtFXj1MLUBGBZOsqpRcM4ptI6G_gXIC3VXNlU4vc3-nIut_Jk9kVMZ7PNDvHNY6YfrSvNSSvPqTySaBIvyD4AlrIcrkg_0/s5184/IMG_6554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N_yN6E4NPCztNXifsE5wwWK7xQXh7KclMbn7gpJvniT4mCbOvtMLjxItIrr9CD_x7wjm_V0HTvc1OahnamWtT3fKaPPk1YtFXj1MLUBGBZOsqpRcM4ptI6G_gXIC3VXNlU4vc3-nIut_Jk9kVMZ7PNDvHNY6YfrSvNSSvPqTySaBIvyD4AlrIcrkg_0/w640-h481/IMG_6554.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should have been washing the side of the boat really as the bank is a perfect height. Maybe tomorrow!!</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-66115974775880151252023-10-14T20:18:00.001+02:002023-10-14T20:18:08.084+02:00Wandering off to Witney.<div style="text-align: left;"> It wasn't as cool as I was expecting when I got up to make the tea this morning. Maybe the fire last night kept the chill off. We had a plan for today.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmvMx5pHVj9bX0Md0F3fu07RysxWK8C9DovKRsW06OA_zsGdZDdyWLLZYEUY8AHJowRapUdxOoNzNxpBoDZst65cLiXP7ICpVF8kRwcvoB-szRGVaQk8zzAiXPev1Pz_5XZ7KaWlLORz3CpUw-TreBRGSWz4iRkChpcWDggDUqUj_6fXxvT7U-VAlzww/s600/4714840_0w0i2ZNo0epyrvS-otEPIaLR4f0bWII4tYTvJD1Fl54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmvMx5pHVj9bX0Md0F3fu07RysxWK8C9DovKRsW06OA_zsGdZDdyWLLZYEUY8AHJowRapUdxOoNzNxpBoDZst65cLiXP7ICpVF8kRwcvoB-szRGVaQk8zzAiXPev1Pz_5XZ7KaWlLORz3CpUw-TreBRGSWz4iRkChpcWDggDUqUj_6fXxvT7U-VAlzww/w460-h460/4714840_0w0i2ZNo0epyrvS-otEPIaLR4f0bWII4tYTvJD1Fl54.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were going to head into the Westgate Centre where there is a Sainsbury's as we had just about run out of grub for Macy, plus a few other provisions as once we leave Oxford habitation is quite removed from the canal. We were then going to take that back to the boat and straight away head out again. The plan was to catch a bus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2wX4LPUEhXPEj1HjuZsQ_Rghwo6TsBmh2zKcv5zl2qS53kN_UjLRi_ejEcZdX37J4F7eOHosaK2rHg2vtZ3FxbXX0JOKlh7C39x4VrqJId3Q8UBhd9ak0c2sD90ks2MFRBOkJCIkVWB4KwZboV5RxFBbBzJplGsfCkBBAGNergYPfgfYjw00YD0zhic/s1000/SCO%2015609%20osf%20George%20St%20300310%20G%20Francis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2wX4LPUEhXPEj1HjuZsQ_Rghwo6TsBmh2zKcv5zl2qS53kN_UjLRi_ejEcZdX37J4F7eOHosaK2rHg2vtZ3FxbXX0JOKlh7C39x4VrqJId3Q8UBhd9ak0c2sD90ks2MFRBOkJCIkVWB4KwZboV5RxFBbBzJplGsfCkBBAGNergYPfgfYjw00YD0zhic/w587-h440/SCO%2015609%20osf%20George%20St%20300310%20G%20Francis.jpg" width="587" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Neither of us had been to Witney so we decided to use our passes and travel the 40 minutes from George Street in Oxford on the very comfortable S1, via Eynsham. When we passed through Eynsham we realised that we had been there before when we had been on then Thames and moored at Swinford Toll bridge and Lock. We watched a film at the village hall too. It is quite a nice little place, but with plenty of housing around the edge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYCT4gRppDl-hqDjjCl0rGyzcI-9oT0bOkju6gcFg-9MB2CDD4BoDwmVhlRQ143pDjYzgJxrqCCmq33AICfCm8108AIE6NiyOWhGu3DS9lINOlaAh3drMzH0dVCjB-UVaIDDecR-dLybxGRCBBNYEG1zm7fw1F6oH9UN52QMpCcthLP4HAF0X7DwUBTI/s5184/IMG_6528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYCT4gRppDl-hqDjjCl0rGyzcI-9oT0bOkju6gcFg-9MB2CDD4BoDwmVhlRQ143pDjYzgJxrqCCmq33AICfCm8108AIE6NiyOWhGu3DS9lINOlaAh3drMzH0dVCjB-UVaIDDecR-dLybxGRCBBNYEG1zm7fw1F6oH9UN52QMpCcthLP4HAF0X7DwUBTI/w626-h470/IMG_6528.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got off at one end of the High Street to walk up one side to get our bearings. It was market day, but there wasn't too many stalls to look at. We did pop into a few charity shops as we passed as Helen has her eye out for a few things. We walked past the Market Place and the Church Green that were laid out to be the market area from the start. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgHkLmRYSKCAaD87D4G16gPrqKiBy7uj9qboEHA-Y0I36aAWCH-Y6kqhTnWD7m3wRtMqIO2hyphenhyphentj8E72vPn0LLd69PvV7DSQRDXYrcRqjdMSXcX4eHnl9GUBquPByuVzJaz2fejoBRZB-USma3bhNiRdEIyvbAlee30ThpVcaJhhfsZczf2MNat5Ziu3g/s5184/IMG_6529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgHkLmRYSKCAaD87D4G16gPrqKiBy7uj9qboEHA-Y0I36aAWCH-Y6kqhTnWD7m3wRtMqIO2hyphenhyphentj8E72vPn0LLd69PvV7DSQRDXYrcRqjdMSXcX4eHnl9GUBquPByuVzJaz2fejoBRZB-USma3bhNiRdEIyvbAlee30ThpVcaJhhfsZczf2MNat5Ziu3g/w621-h466/IMG_6529.JPG" width="621" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At end of the Church Green is the Church of St Mary's with a 156 ft tower. There were some impressive tombs in the church yard but the interior of the church was quite plain really. There was a young man practicing Christmas tune on the organ. The church was founded in about 1070.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we walked around we found that there was a great selection of shops and much to Helen's consternation there was an M&S store that was about as big as the one in Hull, before it closed. I realised that this really demonstrated the north/south divide. Hull had a population of about 267,000 in 2021. It is about 40 miles from any other centre of population, York and a little bit further to Leeds, (Both take about an hour to drive to), so has quite a large hinterland. In 2021 Witney had a population of 30,168 and is about 13 miles from Oxford and takes about 30 mins to drive there. The selection of shops was nearly as great as that in Hull with many top brands that Hull doesn't have. Witney's M&S is in a new development, just behind the High Street, where as they closed the branch in Hull that was around the same size. They even owned their own property in Hull. To me it really demonstrates the divergence between the north and south. The East West electrified rail connection between Cambridge and Oxford, via Milton Keynes, is well underway, yet we have an un-electrified rail line that has extremely limited capacity that should link the cities of Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Manchester and Liverpool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking at the official Government figure the England average public spending per person in 2021/22 for England was £10,505. In London it was £12,157. For the North West it was £10, 947, North East £11,170 and Yorkshire and Humber £10,321. The lowest was the East Midlands with £9,817! Interesting isn't it. Just to complete the picture the Revenue earned by the regions is roughly North West £9,500, North East £9,000, Yorkshire and Humber £9,500. The lowest is the NE. London's I hear you ask? £18,000+!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuS4aeTzvjiuHFuzfI6dY_VhoJFcAQFaKLDhrJI2NvCVntQJhQm5BD_Ra_uN1-R5Qd2iHYvbtmBqTWMLuPyWz-OA-BVcLsasr755J38C_drUI7ztG5CID5dUwADtE3jnErObiZu6Qe6XVOn3B57A8NuyaWGhYEExle8_hi5iU-WRjTYHWRXcenl8JVsg/s5184/IMG_6533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuS4aeTzvjiuHFuzfI6dY_VhoJFcAQFaKLDhrJI2NvCVntQJhQm5BD_Ra_uN1-R5Qd2iHYvbtmBqTWMLuPyWz-OA-BVcLsasr755J38C_drUI7ztG5CID5dUwADtE3jnErObiZu6Qe6XVOn3B57A8NuyaWGhYEExle8_hi5iU-WRjTYHWRXcenl8JVsg/w585-h439/IMG_6533.JPG" width="585" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a cup of tea and a bite to eat at M&S so Helen could get a <i>real </i>fix. We saw that the local museum was open so we went to have a look around. It was just off the High Street and was interestingly about the same size as the one in our town where I am a trustee and volunteer. It was £3 to get in (Ours is free). It was originally a builder's house and the workshops until the late 1800's then had a mix of uses before the museum opened in 1996. (About the same time as ours opened too). Witney is known for its wool trade and especially blanket production. It also has the Eagle Brewery that once belonged to Clinks (I think it was). A great name for a brewery. It was also the home of the ubiquitous Hobgoblin beer that was bought out by Carlsberg. The volunteer on duty told me that Carlsberg have just announced they are closing this brewery. It seems to be the usual pattern. Mind you I could do with out Hobgoblin as it does nothing for me. We had a nice hour looking around</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu-rL6vaH7oh3yyPeTaxZUS4Er6-eB7alArsMe-H47l4hm5fu9ToK3R4hwwN27YDoYRIo3fgv0GxvxoAXUGQE-4IObn5S6AUCZA7-_WbZ0LscwZydcLBjr7H611EYzLpmkSndLH6LC_u4a00TnZqSsVBUKoP_ETv8CaBI5cnGMsLVBSTRMSdA_MSXmbA/s5184/IMG_6531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu-rL6vaH7oh3yyPeTaxZUS4Er6-eB7alArsMe-H47l4hm5fu9ToK3R4hwwN27YDoYRIo3fgv0GxvxoAXUGQE-4IObn5S6AUCZA7-_WbZ0LscwZydcLBjr7H611EYzLpmkSndLH6LC_u4a00TnZqSsVBUKoP_ETv8CaBI5cnGMsLVBSTRMSdA_MSXmbA/w402-h536/IMG_6531.JPG" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We next went over to the Blanket Hall that was opened in 1721 as the HQ of the Guild of Blanket Weavers after they obtained a Royal Charter. It is very similar to my town's Town Hall that was opened in 1693 and is the same size and layout. They now sell very lovely (and expensive) blankets and scarves. Upstairs is a little museum and out the back is a little cafe, so we had another cup of tea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXY0oMFsInBISZnzQwC0JYqFFl8wqTMydYfdqySXp2yGhcPDlmvGkCF_Q-Hjtysy2T44q1l2Hyj3iWrhRZfKokJV4lFakwRjwDQWOT_L60YJHkjwLomFH6aPLE7BROTikjFCz23uS7-L6CHpby0VyTKwYAN6Dfy-XsJ5mvpNzcNRjV_6nAmOJ9hqXz1Q/s5184/IMG_6534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXY0oMFsInBISZnzQwC0JYqFFl8wqTMydYfdqySXp2yGhcPDlmvGkCF_Q-Hjtysy2T44q1l2Hyj3iWrhRZfKokJV4lFakwRjwDQWOT_L60YJHkjwLomFH6aPLE7BROTikjFCz23uS7-L6CHpby0VyTKwYAN6Dfy-XsJ5mvpNzcNRjV_6nAmOJ9hqXz1Q/w415-h553/IMG_6534.JPG" width="415" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the rear of the Blanket Hall. It was originally to run checks on quality and size of the blankets produced within a 20 mile radius. The quality was indicated by lines, called points that were hand sewn into the blanket to denote the quality. 4 points being the best. I think every household of our parents age would have had a Witney blanket or two, and so they will have come down to us. In fact the last factory closed in 2002. The main Hall of the Blanket House was the largest public room in the town so was used for just about everything!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflyzmZCLBvA4eUrWQCnAs5feW56oY6CO3SmxUdttawyae9Iqmf-y-doam4OJhZACsjSpM_mpQG-ogWpCWwDgDc81Yxij0_7FcqEuMBDJBG1hNgfbpL1mYwvchr3u4li4RT4QUILTrsfiHdleb4jj7A7kf0Yeyz0VpUWbVWYh3bWmvtdTrGy0O33VBwcY/s5184/IMG_6535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflyzmZCLBvA4eUrWQCnAs5feW56oY6CO3SmxUdttawyae9Iqmf-y-doam4OJhZACsjSpM_mpQG-ogWpCWwDgDc81Yxij0_7FcqEuMBDJBG1hNgfbpL1mYwvchr3u4li4RT4QUILTrsfiHdleb4jj7A7kf0Yeyz0VpUWbVWYh3bWmvtdTrGy0O33VBwcY/w600-h450/IMG_6535.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Corn Exchange was open and had a craft show going on so it would have been rude not to have a look see. Helen bought another Christmas present of honey and lavender hand balm made locally. The building was built in 1863 to cater for a growing trade in corn, but was opened by a private company to also act as a market hall and a recreational space. It is now used as a small venue and looks very nice too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We caught the 16:20 bus back home and were back on the boat by 17:30. Helen set to making cheese and apple scones. I lit the fire before it got too cold and we will be all snug for the night now.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-42206219928783955182023-10-13T23:06:00.003+02:002023-10-13T23:06:15.707+02:00Out and About in Oxford.<p> We had a very quiet night, apart from the rain that is. That kept coming don until about 08:30. After breakfast we headed off into town for a look around, and to take something back to M&S. Sorry, there are a fair few photos!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_2Vf3YPlxz-s1otmdLuZty_2MKgaaNqipCPxE3LE6S9x57NdkPUDj2xaoFH4-_qzy7s0zAsdFuGNHrQppp6S-wBCFjH0zaN_F3EXQgVRdLgFrMCMJUvN6MW8W6Dfy4NJzg2dildncrG7lao66J1wWovw8dXO9APPBfRcIFcRIlefAyxzPXbe4Jp80Vs/s5184/IMG_6493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_2Vf3YPlxz-s1otmdLuZty_2MKgaaNqipCPxE3LE6S9x57NdkPUDj2xaoFH4-_qzy7s0zAsdFuGNHrQppp6S-wBCFjH0zaN_F3EXQgVRdLgFrMCMJUvN6MW8W6Dfy4NJzg2dildncrG7lao66J1wWovw8dXO9APPBfRcIFcRIlefAyxzPXbe4Jp80Vs/w414-h552/IMG_6493.JPG" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Instead of walking up the shopping streets we walked along by the Castle Mill Stream, along Fisherman's Row and guess what we came to, yes, the Castle. You can see the bridge is called Quaking Bridge. It has this name it is said as it was originally the drawbridge from the castle so would have creaked and shaken when loads were driven over it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmXiDLXe93YIgrMTkZeJA5NjcCXblevUqrTRTbc4kBgxBSvgessIlyh7OELmp_5uqKWwZu9JwzN40wzPEbOAFu7Mh6Pbx8gLqwnsaPAyel3YuKB_IT7LoZGr-EGx7ZJfoLzaEIWbxVrjMqPeUZ7Y-xYEi5dASjJKmgBk6VEzbw3oTlwva1dqIY5VyiEQ/s5184/IMG_6494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmXiDLXe93YIgrMTkZeJA5NjcCXblevUqrTRTbc4kBgxBSvgessIlyh7OELmp_5uqKWwZu9JwzN40wzPEbOAFu7Mh6Pbx8gLqwnsaPAyel3YuKB_IT7LoZGr-EGx7ZJfoLzaEIWbxVrjMqPeUZ7Y-xYEi5dASjJKmgBk6VEzbw3oTlwva1dqIY5VyiEQ/w614-h460/IMG_6494.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After returning an article to M&S and a bit more Christmas present buying in shops that we don't find easily at home we headed to the Ashmolian Museum for a look about. It is free and so we headed for a coffee first. I have a question about art. How come the standard picture of a face was so different in the 'old days'. Was it just the style that was painted or where they no good at painting lifelike faces until a few centuries later when the collective accumulation of skill meant that they could produce a lifelike portrayal?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIODArmcIHPVvYYh_xrSjTD3BIlh_4FGxC0LyTDZW1iRV2AQxGBBQvy1f7gp-uhSTAlZY1oqBSrqwMXzCd3vhr5PVfyPP0teZmkedRtS7AtvK56ERQr0YsCXbtNPleAzbGHfG4wj1iEbuWHX9ubAalx0YKxJAF8bsXZDpqglVVKOdmMHTGkMcEiJqj4zc/s5184/IMG_6497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIODArmcIHPVvYYh_xrSjTD3BIlh_4FGxC0LyTDZW1iRV2AQxGBBQvy1f7gp-uhSTAlZY1oqBSrqwMXzCd3vhr5PVfyPP0teZmkedRtS7AtvK56ERQr0YsCXbtNPleAzbGHfG4wj1iEbuWHX9ubAalx0YKxJAF8bsXZDpqglVVKOdmMHTGkMcEiJqj4zc/w646-h484/IMG_6497.JPG" width="646" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a finding a bite to eat at the covered market we found The Bear on Alfred Street for a pint. The building is from the 13 Century and has been a pub since 1774. A feature is the collection of 4,500 snippets of club ties that were taken by the landlord from 1952. The cutting was rewarded by a free half pint. It would take a very longtime these days to amass that collection as hardly anybody seems to wear a tie out and about these days.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKj9tYsh2Whwnr1CYVWR8stLAossxopDtf9uUCGBYXUQFaA01g0s31ozv0DsNdxnbUM0d4BBSGYgQPz0f9PFWqZyQEit7EPHncFWzjyRyv_tWLe4a5Dj20Aru6d58NqZ1patwRZx-pkvVOZUXea6HxsURDzKUb1h0oZzWwTrabwAUGzgsouDSKCig_xI/s5184/IMG_6498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKj9tYsh2Whwnr1CYVWR8stLAossxopDtf9uUCGBYXUQFaA01g0s31ozv0DsNdxnbUM0d4BBSGYgQPz0f9PFWqZyQEit7EPHncFWzjyRyv_tWLe4a5Dj20Aru6d58NqZ1patwRZx-pkvVOZUXea6HxsURDzKUb1h0oZzWwTrabwAUGzgsouDSKCig_xI/w625-h468/IMG_6498.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rain had been coming and going but we decided to brave getting off the shopping streets and heading out into college land. This is Oriel College. It was started in 1324 and received a Royal Charter in 1326. Its original name was The House of the Blessed Mary the Virgin. A bit of a mouthful so over time it was given the name of the original building on the site 'La Oriole'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDsMCroe2zMRHRCNAFnBvyIgnInLYX7gXbnu2-qEz9hKaQBtXWastbdgO47KVgGBUFnqSXKg5bOgpmH0HlCw2Yo4cZQFmon6AFiVAp1sjUVKyrU-NlkuHetlWyoYztFpJCflqEg551HMFpByrrrJzUBfMkIhjbJ9r649Ygyiw2zbDv_kGvkvdv2QtGT8/s5184/IMG_6499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDsMCroe2zMRHRCNAFnBvyIgnInLYX7gXbnu2-qEz9hKaQBtXWastbdgO47KVgGBUFnqSXKg5bOgpmH0HlCw2Yo4cZQFmon6AFiVAp1sjUVKyrU-NlkuHetlWyoYztFpJCflqEg551HMFpByrrrJzUBfMkIhjbJ9r649Ygyiw2zbDv_kGvkvdv2QtGT8/w626-h469/IMG_6499.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the first Quad inside the college and the buildings around it all date from between 1620 and 1642. The doorway was added later and is not attached to the building actually but was added during the reign of Charles I. Above the doorway are the statues of Edward II who gave the college its charter and either Charles I or James I. Above them is the Virgin Mary after which the original college was named.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivObGJqYVP8fEIlXLXmP7LibcIRFW7IE2Qxep0xwPF7L6u2rQ3FVvpSxXmUyin7Yhnz5efkzwnrR94JENtVRT5nWDtg3lYmFJBa94d1AsVQhJLhJUMOcePg7REdfcTC0eejQRFuoAA8NeKHaCL_Lj7Y-HEMf0Vv0yc8esLJjBdf1-cjR_KQQitce7WB0c/s5184/IMG_6500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivObGJqYVP8fEIlXLXmP7LibcIRFW7IE2Qxep0xwPF7L6u2rQ3FVvpSxXmUyin7Yhnz5efkzwnrR94JENtVRT5nWDtg3lYmFJBa94d1AsVQhJLhJUMOcePg7REdfcTC0eejQRFuoAA8NeKHaCL_Lj7Y-HEMf0Vv0yc8esLJjBdf1-cjR_KQQitce7WB0c/w379-h505/IMG_6500.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hall, accessed through that portico, has a hammer beam roof with a louvre originally to let the smoke out. It was being set up for the evening meal in high YHA style. (As I call it). The paneling was added in 1911. We also went to visit the chapel that dates from the same time as the rest of the buildings. It was a very spiritual place and John Henry Newman was the here twice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-V2nIhiZ_ta3-loZsM3XWsD-D2t660JDTjma-rb7ir5sa5rfOiUSPNrLmucEfo1KxRUyf_uIz0jwXj8HQ4K28UrzekOlDAHGL6I5JYBLmIKB1z9Jha8f3XePepW_ccKS1FEMfpU7FoasyLWdfc7Yjq9PjONzKWY2Il7iTeBWchz6xo_nOEQ9sx4M-IE/s5184/IMG_6501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-V2nIhiZ_ta3-loZsM3XWsD-D2t660JDTjma-rb7ir5sa5rfOiUSPNrLmucEfo1KxRUyf_uIz0jwXj8HQ4K28UrzekOlDAHGL6I5JYBLmIKB1z9Jha8f3XePepW_ccKS1FEMfpU7FoasyLWdfc7Yjq9PjONzKWY2Il7iTeBWchz6xo_nOEQ9sx4M-IE/w558-h419/IMG_6501.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking back across the quad from the Hall you can see an oriel window, like on the exterior of the building too, and you can also see graffiti by the students painted on the walls celebrating victories in rowing matches through the years. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylkdNkPlnxCi1YFf2-YXQHbITO6MvSTbaQhxaBlQna0cvUCEJM_omMECMNt9uJqtI4KAKdog2-pDpS1u3CUCUyXW4pcDajOZjHa4xdhhU-dwjo1iR_fCMPQls2f9jQqqXZhIh8qoo0w105MmF1yhuvIhcKmXj-xr8dXMqb7ysy5rpgjSr9IWuQfSxy20/s5184/IMG_6504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylkdNkPlnxCi1YFf2-YXQHbITO6MvSTbaQhxaBlQna0cvUCEJM_omMECMNt9uJqtI4KAKdog2-pDpS1u3CUCUyXW4pcDajOZjHa4xdhhU-dwjo1iR_fCMPQls2f9jQqqXZhIh8qoo0w105MmF1yhuvIhcKmXj-xr8dXMqb7ysy5rpgjSr9IWuQfSxy20/w564-h423/IMG_6504.JPG" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Oriel College we walked down Merton Street and saw that Merton College was also open, so we thought we would have a nosy in their too. This is St. Alban's Quad that originates in the 13th Century and was incorporated into the college in 1882.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrIOzacw77E01RT6hwnUr4hv5Imd0p3QGcDkFuvjJR9FdLtHfjiz1A3KybRtgdpjC3V8r2IEPb_dzd8_keVTLXHQNRCLFIpu6mWfLkqFcxdFOaMEr4Oj-W8oB7EuHS21nsSGznz23waMYcOMRrR733FO79iIgmJlYRF_eiqG_hFxhgPTc159Zv1NEWJc/s5184/IMG_6506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrIOzacw77E01RT6hwnUr4hv5Imd0p3QGcDkFuvjJR9FdLtHfjiz1A3KybRtgdpjC3V8r2IEPb_dzd8_keVTLXHQNRCLFIpu6mWfLkqFcxdFOaMEr4Oj-W8oB7EuHS21nsSGznz23waMYcOMRrR733FO79iIgmJlYRF_eiqG_hFxhgPTc159Zv1NEWJc/w379-h506/IMG_6506.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the entrance to one of the stairwells to the rooms around the quad. I wonder if each new student knows who else has had the room over the years?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ikWPHv9uS4pwEXuhoykhS2UChBeRviTPkTmapz4wOErP7oT1usbRxTpS0t8axlARXNAv-pDl9domsGA9CXvK3Ys5Uuy6_Hq77i-hG7RbTCBDAGEo0juScZgbzVFcA3eHOcUtzrcdirxm_MZo0hrY7m4dpgydEvkZXHCZSrPlk0JDHul0Wrq0k9wdxzM/s5184/IMG_6509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ikWPHv9uS4pwEXuhoykhS2UChBeRviTPkTmapz4wOErP7oT1usbRxTpS0t8axlARXNAv-pDl9domsGA9CXvK3Ys5Uuy6_Hq77i-hG7RbTCBDAGEo0juScZgbzVFcA3eHOcUtzrcdirxm_MZo0hrY7m4dpgydEvkZXHCZSrPlk0JDHul0Wrq0k9wdxzM/w359-h478/IMG_6509.JPG" width="359" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Fellows' Quad dating from 1608/10 around the centre can be seen columns that represent the four Orders of Architecture, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Tuscan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C4O1laxDy7ECIa7AejZViTiPzDnMt7U2o7P4K4g7DZB6H-9qjFdUFESCNoY_Iqk3gGUITVHHwNIl73uVZ5Spdl6AwkrUU4qSAuPgBp7AY1XlSJ_YHnP7z91IlgNwXGDCwBhq6p3dXOaoRBO_OQo7MwhE6y81BJC6ReUKuSMtzuvNMm1rkj9hc5mdAkw/s5184/IMG_6511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2C4O1laxDy7ECIa7AejZViTiPzDnMt7U2o7P4K4g7DZB6H-9qjFdUFESCNoY_Iqk3gGUITVHHwNIl73uVZ5Spdl6AwkrUU4qSAuPgBp7AY1XlSJ_YHnP7z91IlgNwXGDCwBhq6p3dXOaoRBO_OQo7MwhE6y81BJC6ReUKuSMtzuvNMm1rkj9hc5mdAkw/w620-h466/IMG_6511.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Mob Quad, the oldest in Oxford as it dates from 1288 to 1378. The name was first recorded in 1797 and probably refers to the undergraduates who lived here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T0dUat3PbuaW2Pq9_XBcPwZN_2yO-BwMtSRPyB9C8hCX3yEvzAKARrgjm-jNPlYoW8-WZ61tgyauCA6Txns4vuI6FO1wkHwb-J-o1GewAzhtrhCU0POP0hfeIuVKc6AWsKecooaDDvnJM_VJ0QZ1Z28otNqOU5_SJWsBX7t51heKi1iQzYX6hFGMZhA/s5184/IMG_6514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T0dUat3PbuaW2Pq9_XBcPwZN_2yO-BwMtSRPyB9C8hCX3yEvzAKARrgjm-jNPlYoW8-WZ61tgyauCA6Txns4vuI6FO1wkHwb-J-o1GewAzhtrhCU0POP0hfeIuVKc6AWsKecooaDDvnJM_VJ0QZ1Z28otNqOU5_SJWsBX7t51heKi1iQzYX6hFGMZhA/w366-h488/IMG_6514.JPG" width="366" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Chapel at Merton is very large and dates back to 1290/94 and it would be great to attend a choral evensong here. We will try to remember for future visits.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rL1bCqGVox7QYayV7_gsoGYLaMBbk-bQjHth19daEFXVJ9lcQF7DtP0LjaNFScmZO_qhyphenhyphenMX7yOXrmuGdagefMCCSFPd_3VBpuFxDTjZIyLS4oASpGn69KEZGt3DHv3ZPb2xhfiiDiQG4G-aoR95FAj4wDBqJdhHEIZpZZuO4fgfI4JG_qDAd-xhIVwQ/s5184/IMG_6519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rL1bCqGVox7QYayV7_gsoGYLaMBbk-bQjHth19daEFXVJ9lcQF7DtP0LjaNFScmZO_qhyphenhyphenMX7yOXrmuGdagefMCCSFPd_3VBpuFxDTjZIyLS4oASpGn69KEZGt3DHv3ZPb2xhfiiDiQG4G-aoR95FAj4wDBqJdhHEIZpZZuO4fgfI4JG_qDAd-xhIVwQ/w608-h456/IMG_6519.JPG" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once out of Merton we continued down Merton Street that was deserted. On the right is the Old Warden's Lodgings that seem to be student accommodation. On the right is the entrance to Logic Lane that runs through University College to the High Street and is named as this is where the school of logicians was!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnj8vG7hBYL9SXZ0vzmoG1Zon0d4QEbEc_T2yTrabPhR0J0pDWVBjR5tWCR8FWw54Cy8GQOZFpWQ2BgFiIkSSx4Q6YVw-2Nbe7H96giu7vTJEMjEZvDCavcE2QOObr3kGSvB4c0AwCEGhX1P9j4vP1POKGuMCBcvL-u3cQTQyi5jWVH9E4bqr1u6wzA4/s5184/IMG_6521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnj8vG7hBYL9SXZ0vzmoG1Zon0d4QEbEc_T2yTrabPhR0J0pDWVBjR5tWCR8FWw54Cy8GQOZFpWQ2BgFiIkSSx4Q6YVw-2Nbe7H96giu7vTJEMjEZvDCavcE2QOObr3kGSvB4c0AwCEGhX1P9j4vP1POKGuMCBcvL-u3cQTQyi5jWVH9E4bqr1u6wzA4/w577-h433/IMG_6521.JPG" width="577" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Examinations Schools where exams are sat, lectures given and the Freshers fair held. It was completed in 1882 and is one of the largest buildings owned by the University.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPx_uo2jD1YAIsJTdjI8Mkexdg2xwCQ_04FIXjYoXrxeIbgDN_GQXnAdlrIrvGOFRDa6hL2FPDqxC_R0s8i1BuTLq_bFnQiEb07uFVZx0lczxhG0mHqy_0gjvk02ZRwr9gVL3-m3N0kCUWPzbdC6mqlRenuGpn7IbAIJiMVhUlxA838c5FpzbVtiPv7V8/s5184/IMG_6523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPx_uo2jD1YAIsJTdjI8Mkexdg2xwCQ_04FIXjYoXrxeIbgDN_GQXnAdlrIrvGOFRDa6hL2FPDqxC_R0s8i1BuTLq_bFnQiEb07uFVZx0lczxhG0mHqy_0gjvk02ZRwr9gVL3-m3N0kCUWPzbdC6mqlRenuGpn7IbAIJiMVhUlxA838c5FpzbVtiPv7V8/w632-h474/IMG_6523.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking back down New College on New College Lane. On the left are the cloisters of the New College Chapel and on the right that of All Souls (I think).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3Lc10xxZl8imI96RHh2lcDmVIbM6SECDriyYRvqa4V2LwjuyIbpfLazCZTJnDpFwP0qV0kv-4HA_dcnS3W_rvnmpVb1b5Qn7gp32iOEM4FnurHgObSx73z2eqP-ATW6S22-Z051NGO0HELmR3oxG3QFu2ekZ4ta3135iUBpfL1f0yqpv2cJIYz6lihc/s5184/IMG_6524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3Lc10xxZl8imI96RHh2lcDmVIbM6SECDriyYRvqa4V2LwjuyIbpfLazCZTJnDpFwP0qV0kv-4HA_dcnS3W_rvnmpVb1b5Qn7gp32iOEM4FnurHgObSx73z2eqP-ATW6S22-Z051NGO0HELmR3oxG3QFu2ekZ4ta3135iUBpfL1f0yqpv2cJIYz6lihc/w349-h465/IMG_6524.JPG" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the other end of New College Lane is the 'Bridge of Sighs' after the one in Venice, but more properly called Hertford Bridge. It was constructed in 1914. There is a story that on hearing the Hertford students were found to be the fatest the bridge was built to make them walk up and down stairs. It joins two parts of the college.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3cPN0DPQdmmPU5pojrpZG6VKb66oB-VHD9d1OJbOfXFaa3yLxSOeMxp4XuF9qT0J-S9ToY120cFqbloI0EdSAwp5jyozyrX6vTC5NyAUmH-B49z25Bg1yQL8IpccFdtwIW8OGDaq0kltoDYWEuck0Z4q-wG7AyIhQXFnW4WaiD-_BVcox5o9Y3ElYwE/s5184/IMG_6527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3cPN0DPQdmmPU5pojrpZG6VKb66oB-VHD9d1OJbOfXFaa3yLxSOeMxp4XuF9qT0J-S9ToY120cFqbloI0EdSAwp5jyozyrX6vTC5NyAUmH-B49z25Bg1yQL8IpccFdtwIW8OGDaq0kltoDYWEuck0Z4q-wG7AyIhQXFnW4WaiD-_BVcox5o9Y3ElYwE/w367-h490/IMG_6527.JPG" width="367" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With all the history we needed another drink and headed down Wheatsheaf Yard off High Street to the pub of that name. There was a pub on this site from 1654 but the buildings down here were demolished in 1896/97, and the present building constructed in 1897. Above the bar was the meeting room of the Albion Lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rain was now coming down like stair rods but we had booked to go to the pictures to see the 'Great Escaper' with Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson. It is a true story and had me sobbing. A lovely British Film and well worth watching. Afterwards we headed home and as we had got chilled being so wet I lit the fir for the first time. Earlier I had bought a new smoke detector and CO monitor as ours were out of date. I think we will definitely need the fire lit next week, but at least there will be sun. We had a very good day out and about in Oxford despite it being Friday 13th! My Mum was born on a Friday 13th so can't be that bad.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-69857812803767849102023-10-12T22:52:00.002+02:002023-10-12T22:52:23.492+02:00At the Walls of Jericho.<div style="text-align: left;"> It seemed to rain on and off through the night. I remember waking about 05:00 and not hearing rain, but hearing an owl. There was an occasional train, sounded like freight, not passenger. By the time We had finished our breakfast it had stopped raining but was very dank and gloomy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpRVXCQNIPOaqGqI6US3V0F8jfK7bwu0epEN61nm1IH5-GjcEZ885_ahyMwYfQY2rC-qbuwLLB5-zUngG77UHofu-4Ue-QtdQ0m39RMmVIs-FsRqrEUFu0jnWP1iccWQZNuO1ldQezD8YPiwtG9IiRkLqBbsFp218saFuvqTGZs2vlf247T9R3wQXZkA/s5184/IMG_6480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpRVXCQNIPOaqGqI6US3V0F8jfK7bwu0epEN61nm1IH5-GjcEZ885_ahyMwYfQY2rC-qbuwLLB5-zUngG77UHofu-4Ue-QtdQ0m39RMmVIs-FsRqrEUFu0jnWP1iccWQZNuO1ldQezD8YPiwtG9IiRkLqBbsFp218saFuvqTGZs2vlf247T9R3wQXZkA/w612-h459/IMG_6480.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't see the sun all day, but it didn't rain and we had a good road. There was little wind so it wasn't too bad, so with the occasional cup of tea and a bit of exercise at the locks it wasn't cold at all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPylk0cyaR1vuXyiv-z1xJvG21tOHyHeTfc-SJyytgdT2GFzodZUjhYQh3ZW2CtBNKpt1SoJfFfA6gFgqPxuU2c65RtriYk8hBAf-GOs5KgcMoVBt23pvK-uuCkFKJ2CT7aWSF743fsIzjLjwAsXAXE3VLpgzjc9f3s6MLR56p-Kbux5kP0P1WsqUzRw/s5184/IMG_6481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPylk0cyaR1vuXyiv-z1xJvG21tOHyHeTfc-SJyytgdT2GFzodZUjhYQh3ZW2CtBNKpt1SoJfFfA6gFgqPxuU2c65RtriYk8hBAf-GOs5KgcMoVBt23pvK-uuCkFKJ2CT7aWSF743fsIzjLjwAsXAXE3VLpgzjc9f3s6MLR56p-Kbux5kP0P1WsqUzRw/w608-h456/IMG_6481.JPG" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before Enslow Mill was this what looks like an old canal warehouse. From the old OS maps it seems to have been built about the 1880's and was attached to an old wharf that was next to the Rock of Gibraltar pub. Coal trade was been undertaken here by Mssrs. Churchill and Baker in 1798!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia077mhr9WHO2X15wm1oH7LC53E2Vu0CjmY0TGr_l4jl1IdMSgRFFs_WCeRzbY8NJWwp0cugQ5PZQcTKG-oMHOUeH374-SJlg3xqj9D6PqTOiFWcJuNF3eF1WLwYAVigjIByoERcAtpCjHTAqCgH9I0JMU0qpz_ApLMayFIkdG2TFMdh5Ev2GNmqVAdso/s5184/IMG_6482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia077mhr9WHO2X15wm1oH7LC53E2Vu0CjmY0TGr_l4jl1IdMSgRFFs_WCeRzbY8NJWwp0cugQ5PZQcTKG-oMHOUeH374-SJlg3xqj9D6PqTOiFWcJuNF3eF1WLwYAVigjIByoERcAtpCjHTAqCgH9I0JMU0qpz_ApLMayFIkdG2TFMdh5Ev2GNmqVAdso/w412-h549/IMG_6482.JPG" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No need to hunt the board at Baker's Lock as they have the posh auto gauge for you to view. We are in green, and two boats had just come up too so we were all systems got for our River Cherwell Passage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsxGXndUH4rileOwmEFttW-DAsYg5dujS4OcUf5CiOkvT-WTP5sJzYV_vI3CwxBZ8_na71DPH16a7_x6QInbr6zfdXV3UbLx00Qh97vNLF8H2jcWX_pZBPsepMl3OubbjL4rbSNXn3iFuNv8F-D6v6ZcnCrDEDjxbERxRo-jUfqDb-FGeEojKGAN673g/s5184/IMG_6483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsxGXndUH4rileOwmEFttW-DAsYg5dujS4OcUf5CiOkvT-WTP5sJzYV_vI3CwxBZ8_na71DPH16a7_x6QInbr6zfdXV3UbLx00Qh97vNLF8H2jcWX_pZBPsepMl3OubbjL4rbSNXn3iFuNv8F-D6v6ZcnCrDEDjxbERxRo-jUfqDb-FGeEojKGAN673g/w572-h430/IMG_6483.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is where the canal and river merge. There was very little flow today, but as the canal is very 'bendy' it can cause problems.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnEGs-EZg9LAyusr9pzEI5hS1WZC1r3Xq4dI3yftOJ_iIX0lKbf55LK67zbmnhmcNPZfDMJFKvICvcLeMUCHFfhYIqIt90P1mxk0ZPfwqHipLY-IIB6VO1RN5h6YoqLenHym2lySdF3YAxb5BYUIpi-6_r6dfoxzt3qdJH5ReuZzYBdVBWZfRHHiKlAo/s5184/IMG_6484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnEGs-EZg9LAyusr9pzEI5hS1WZC1r3Xq4dI3yftOJ_iIX0lKbf55LK67zbmnhmcNPZfDMJFKvICvcLeMUCHFfhYIqIt90P1mxk0ZPfwqHipLY-IIB6VO1RN5h6YoqLenHym2lySdF3YAxb5BYUIpi-6_r6dfoxzt3qdJH5ReuZzYBdVBWZfRHHiKlAo/w597-h448/IMG_6484.JPG" width="597" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we got to the end of the river section I left Helen in charge of the boat as I was hearing cries from Shipton Weir Lock. The boat we had seen before with a newly wed couple aboard their hire boat were having trouble getting the lower gate open. This is another diamond shaped lock with single paddles at each end, and cranked beams. It was very difficult to get the gate started. The couple kindly stopped and helped us through, and then lets us go on ahead.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4G4rxzGdwR56mUQC_kn94BQW9P5cUNPn9A4gIGU1HLKxYn4eGe27ZU-gj8hqTxOBAE9SIc9btPBfWo2NzDjYiD-s18KzzDer7m92tYRJ0ZwWCscmvkDZF0_1ZD3PAA1sW2LKv79nykcaevRKCTlA-fxRx8jguyyLvGbAklIlbp6XOjXvYqHIJFo4SGg/s5184/IMG_6485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4G4rxzGdwR56mUQC_kn94BQW9P5cUNPn9A4gIGU1HLKxYn4eGe27ZU-gj8hqTxOBAE9SIc9btPBfWo2NzDjYiD-s18KzzDer7m92tYRJ0ZwWCscmvkDZF0_1ZD3PAA1sW2LKv79nykcaevRKCTlA-fxRx8jguyyLvGbAklIlbp6XOjXvYqHIJFo4SGg/w588-h441/IMG_6485.JPG" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I first saw this I thought that it may be a lime kiln but it turns out to be the bridge of the Woodstock Branch Line. The photo above is taken from almost under the GWR rail bridge. For some reason the Woodstock and Blenheim Branch was opened in 1897 but, despite being operated by the GWR, ran on a separate line from here as they didn't want to make a junction. It closed in 1954.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMW-aPKfJdpb_1zBpapu7H36WT5H2bM9OzaPnQ9kV0OGU9LZU2Lo0VsiciRvkWDLMGVrp5ImGqlWQKcBQG0SdS_F271LV-bV2J9KUDZZ-zeKh_-_wH0seZmomPJP9GCnOt8uGRDPlwMiGBENx0cezSBrnHUqOpPOQ_Hql9WBWxss2qVzo4YpJ3Zujk0g/s5184/IMG_6486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMW-aPKfJdpb_1zBpapu7H36WT5H2bM9OzaPnQ9kV0OGU9LZU2Lo0VsiciRvkWDLMGVrp5ImGqlWQKcBQG0SdS_F271LV-bV2J9KUDZZ-zeKh_-_wH0seZmomPJP9GCnOt8uGRDPlwMiGBENx0cezSBrnHUqOpPOQ_Hql9WBWxss2qVzo4YpJ3Zujk0g/w609-h457/IMG_6486.JPG" width="609" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This seems to be a usual type of canal bridge on the lower South Oxford Canal.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW3tCctuB7pzYf5LdrINCxK60OrBQUklodMzN8uXxV7CxTRpVRlfqdo5b_2ravTHNLa0-ra6ahKeqd3idoPqh7z7eLcHjduA68MY8t6J00E0hT5deLakgAZfxzo2aq5RmWZd_tR3W7IMvgKj8XXKLRSpIgUOYWrOMYmP5wquenvXbkPmXT4Vj6tLS2xY/s5184/IMG_6487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW3tCctuB7pzYf5LdrINCxK60OrBQUklodMzN8uXxV7CxTRpVRlfqdo5b_2ravTHNLa0-ra6ahKeqd3idoPqh7z7eLcHjduA68MY8t6J00E0hT5deLakgAZfxzo2aq5RmWZd_tR3W7IMvgKj8XXKLRSpIgUOYWrOMYmP5wquenvXbkPmXT4Vj6tLS2xY/w610-h458/IMG_6487.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It certainly feels like autumn is in the air today, and it seems that the leaves are just starting to turn. We may get a frost on Sunday and I expect there will be a good leaf fall soon after.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeejvYWsZHNr9hH4P4_2uRGOB00Vtq0sE2ThumvDq3SvuzR0UluMiQRJOrHTPR7ly1j9QY1g9MT3MFaZW5g02sBsLpmaA7sIYn-81szGGtCip0rnGy_rf5aj4FKU2rraqD1POklb8Q2QdTJzWhoHDynhyphenhyphenW0DMFLQxmfCphu_piQq3YFzV0hXc1002C0Y/s5184/IMG_6488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeejvYWsZHNr9hH4P4_2uRGOB00Vtq0sE2ThumvDq3SvuzR0UluMiQRJOrHTPR7ly1j9QY1g9MT3MFaZW5g02sBsLpmaA7sIYn-81szGGtCip0rnGy_rf5aj4FKU2rraqD1POklb8Q2QdTJzWhoHDynhyphenhyphenW0DMFLQxmfCphu_piQq3YFzV0hXc1002C0Y/w591-h444/IMG_6488.JPG" width="591" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spotted another stone post that looked like it could bean old milepost, but this one had four holes that looked as though it may have held a plate with the numbers on, rather than being carved into the stone itself. However I couldn't see any sign of a milepost on the maps.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBsPS_K55HmTGfKKiJ7z-b1dAH18yc6OdJlMaKALrr8M8xWer56lcvWFOkenFZ7fiUdSQOtS6ZVWXQVuVE5lvClj6rhhxxQHdAURPpbGk_BEHryrR0gtAjDCEz_3VSO6vtpUieYCs5VzMMT74bH4npE7wyJaVQvzYqdUOZidywKat8YVsLZnxgjre0CA/s5184/IMG_6489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBsPS_K55HmTGfKKiJ7z-b1dAH18yc6OdJlMaKALrr8M8xWer56lcvWFOkenFZ7fiUdSQOtS6ZVWXQVuVE5lvClj6rhhxxQHdAURPpbGk_BEHryrR0gtAjDCEz_3VSO6vtpUieYCs5VzMMT74bH4npE7wyJaVQvzYqdUOZidywKat8YVsLZnxgjre0CA/w616-h462/IMG_6489.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped for water after the lift bridge and before Duke's Lock. As we penned down we could see the Duke's Cut heading off to the right and the Duke's Lock House watching over the locks and junction.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbTA2SsG-daVKrPHXPkbrltaBsXLExgddYY-VNB8od6NhiQBzR01D87bRIfbFnKfmFjguS3_W_jXVKCQTHVwZ5jJXTEA1f_O-PqRRHhNhROI4fKuw9hlZZ9k7BEBhYYH_DBoPWP0Pos5wJVeZ1jDf8MMicsjigL8YQLuBNcdWMh2th02XoZS39tJweb0/s5184/IMG_6490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbTA2SsG-daVKrPHXPkbrltaBsXLExgddYY-VNB8od6NhiQBzR01D87bRIfbFnKfmFjguS3_W_jXVKCQTHVwZ5jJXTEA1f_O-PqRRHhNhROI4fKuw9hlZZ9k7BEBhYYH_DBoPWP0Pos5wJVeZ1jDf8MMicsjigL8YQLuBNcdWMh2th02XoZS39tJweb0/w636-h477/IMG_6490.JPG" width="636" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The trip into Oxford from here is lined with Agenda 21 moorings. It seems that these are moorings for people living an ecological lifestyle and are at least in part administered by themselves. Not the most attractive run of moorings that you will come across. Then every now and then there are lengths of no mooring as it is said they are conservation areas. I didn't spot any water voles, but I suspect that is what they areas are for.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84yJw2Ewx5E8FETrwj7FzJJTav2JFDnJsEWmsWIN5FSs-7PTDKgd4rF2x3OpLq0y43XWgmywOubjk2vEjfjoplUPTTbn5Qt36NtUWxTVxP6rmSj4Cdo2ys4nu-ck79v4iF8xI44loHxd6m5Cvg1aYgn3lty6tAvAivxIi0puC3Kbc6xF9dEQKq0kkt40/s5184/IMG_6491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84yJw2Ewx5E8FETrwj7FzJJTav2JFDnJsEWmsWIN5FSs-7PTDKgd4rF2x3OpLq0y43XWgmywOubjk2vEjfjoplUPTTbn5Qt36NtUWxTVxP6rmSj4Cdo2ys4nu-ck79v4iF8xI44loHxd6m5Cvg1aYgn3lty6tAvAivxIi0puC3Kbc6xF9dEQKq0kkt40/w616-h461/IMG_6491.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had resigned ourselves to having to pen down Isis Lock to wind and come back along the canal towards Wolvercote, but we found a few free moorings before the end opposite Jericho Wharf. The development there hasn't changed from when we were here in 2016! It is nice to hear the tinkling bells of St. Barnabus Church though. Once tied up we got changed and went for a walk into town. We did a survey of the shops has Helen was getting withdrawal symptoms so had a skeg through some, and spent some money in the much missed (from Hull) M&S, had a beer and then tea at Ask before heading home. I suspect that there will be more shopping now we have the lay of the land. I must check out some good pubs so that I can have a sit whilst she has a browse tomorrow.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-41615679285374834292023-10-11T22:21:00.003+02:002023-10-11T22:21:54.438+02:00Ticking the Locks off.<div style="text-align: left;"> Helen had seen an offer on at Waterstone's yesterday so decided to pop back into town to purchase it, and a couple of other things before we left. We had woken up to rain but it had cleared by the time we had finished breakfast.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y0vBFaJPLedIzwW2jnCxoqxzZfmveA_AsN6rj84e5vVMU-WoJCj8HKHVS3jL2gA1KpzcHLnxG_mjh8Um0Smwk_ddm6Pnam8ukBubBfJ6NzW0GTPFu97pviGZf0gJU54-tlHiPUZnkiN_jRMXo5zQvFS9Xo5Sm0nyxf8H83OfFUqKxYviyVCVqsJo3eI/s5184/IMG_6448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y0vBFaJPLedIzwW2jnCxoqxzZfmveA_AsN6rj84e5vVMU-WoJCj8HKHVS3jL2gA1KpzcHLnxG_mjh8Um0Smwk_ddm6Pnam8ukBubBfJ6NzW0GTPFu97pviGZf0gJU54-tlHiPUZnkiN_jRMXo5zQvFS9Xo5Sm0nyxf8H83OfFUqKxYviyVCVqsJo3eI/w629-h472/IMG_6448.JPG" width="629" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The canyon that is now Banbury further dwarfs Tooley's boat yard, and makes one think of Birmingham now. We had a quiet night but I wonder what it would be like on a Friday or Saturday. A head popped up as we were working the lock and asked us not to close the gates as they were on the water and ready to come up. We swapped with them for a quick top up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YYUH7W-AC6gCSemGzIZiX9p-FsDa8SHImPf44do4k7cPLBELy8pWlrwxNDYZMMK__i3gem0nBaqcfCfmkXI5wQcEtkWP4mdEib1GUa-i7BzksJx3sjprAnTN5wRxWw7XPe9EeR_gar8RgBsy_d0Y57tmd_lF1MXfoQMk4VnrwOy1bPgINepOci2MB_k/s5184/IMG_6451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YYUH7W-AC6gCSemGzIZiX9p-FsDa8SHImPf44do4k7cPLBELy8pWlrwxNDYZMMK__i3gem0nBaqcfCfmkXI5wQcEtkWP4mdEib1GUa-i7BzksJx3sjprAnTN5wRxWw7XPe9EeR_gar8RgBsy_d0Y57tmd_lF1MXfoQMk4VnrwOy1bPgINepOci2MB_k/w620-h465/IMG_6451.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several times during the day I have spotted isolated rocks by the side of the tow path. I could not decipher anything written on them but I assume that they are old milestones as they have that size and shape.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iV80d0oz_a_Vn0MnetYjUFf1-8xIembQtQzuWwdkBjZuLWW8EQF-KY0j_rCR78rS0FBJCGx2L7_JGbgT57yd2fPqBKeZr7Qv7CbZhiWPR6JzQn03XfY1qLagr-NX7519HmjFUkIEUrfsb2EcaCWJdMwvPbVWiOTboqXyrKUaR8YWHwFgrepnmpF8qbQ/s5184/IMG_6452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iV80d0oz_a_Vn0MnetYjUFf1-8xIembQtQzuWwdkBjZuLWW8EQF-KY0j_rCR78rS0FBJCGx2L7_JGbgT57yd2fPqBKeZr7Qv7CbZhiWPR6JzQn03XfY1qLagr-NX7519HmjFUkIEUrfsb2EcaCWJdMwvPbVWiOTboqXyrKUaR8YWHwFgrepnmpF8qbQ/w631-h473/IMG_6452.JPG" width="631" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Twyford Mill was originally powered by water from the River Cherwell. It is now a big fertilizer factory and visible from afar,nit quite as far as the spire of Kings Sutton Church though</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvZZUWJz1qLZH9kSK1LlCjNIbHH4uBKXE54QmsHcwh2Ni25eNCYg8vtnq1ChosFdb4aHMgyvYtYYwrBiz3fV4BuegLSpULk-MDffI2GPwPW4nwH4Z5qReJlKwp7i01k6OHX03LR09hzxQ-Qb89KTFIYhnZxOu3F70wgwkBwp9C1hosTBaE5gaEOsxzdo/s5184/IMG_6455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvZZUWJz1qLZH9kSK1LlCjNIbHH4uBKXE54QmsHcwh2Ni25eNCYg8vtnq1ChosFdb4aHMgyvYtYYwrBiz3fV4BuegLSpULk-MDffI2GPwPW4nwH4Z5qReJlKwp7i01k6OHX03LR09hzxQ-Qb89KTFIYhnZxOu3F70wgwkBwp9C1hosTBaE5gaEOsxzdo/w390-h520/IMG_6455.JPG" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kings Sutton Lock is attractive with it ironstone faced lock cottage and on the other side of the lock was an old blacksmith's forge and stable block</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBquIJfBYsQ8OU340eUwU4xDA8D3_vU98GYmSM4dpajo5yKjhugIKH6oTDI2Vs5Q0TqM8TGXE38Qm1reSs2nmV3Fsw5MfWwd-IYPxstyCkiUZ00hyphenhyphenGe_KK9-QANUXdEB2haCTtQhYby-1S6RgYp9sZJzjaN1jZp2sdyIBKHoeNAUwsBix0ARV_B_74No/s5184/IMG_6457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBquIJfBYsQ8OU340eUwU4xDA8D3_vU98GYmSM4dpajo5yKjhugIKH6oTDI2Vs5Q0TqM8TGXE38Qm1reSs2nmV3Fsw5MfWwd-IYPxstyCkiUZ00hyphenhyphenGe_KK9-QANUXdEB2haCTtQhYby-1S6RgYp9sZJzjaN1jZp2sdyIBKHoeNAUwsBix0ARV_B_74No/w602-h451/IMG_6457.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the bottom of Kings Sutton Lock, the landing and access to the left in the photo above is so high I couldn't understand how it would be used by boatmen to leave or board their boats at the lock. And if that wasn't what it was for, what was its purpose?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrD5lMTKNwBuDdwWYS3PDVbs8fYz5v2ogRVqgoB5kJ4KZRnTL5owRljl-WpxXQEB0Ni26XvvRI_GYSeJVgskaX4MIIz23h7FCi3y3oaV9DFtHYQfDsCR3D7Df9b__8dhmuLpt4nVS3JDw8Oun2qyJYOvAzNUY8SjSqHvuPaETSBJCVC7tNCulq3mt94Bg/s5184/IMG_6458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrD5lMTKNwBuDdwWYS3PDVbs8fYz5v2ogRVqgoB5kJ4KZRnTL5owRljl-WpxXQEB0Ni26XvvRI_GYSeJVgskaX4MIIz23h7FCi3y3oaV9DFtHYQfDsCR3D7Df9b__8dhmuLpt4nVS3JDw8Oun2qyJYOvAzNUY8SjSqHvuPaETSBJCVC7tNCulq3mt94Bg/w628-h471/IMG_6458.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were nine lift bridges today and eight of them were open to navigation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGcQNuXkA2wGjyCH9o2y2KCZ-lKkpiMaL6fbSBtMz6KD8QOpo68jxTrUxjJhEATAjrNeYMldNNu_6mWeKvXuUhKkjpdaJADRuwksfy9-wLAjWhPpYj-Mo0h88_3opHcfGe_NB8eIdvI5UKNO_mfdf9rtE58fRvvURd1QppshuMDX8q35zuSWoellj5eU/s5184/IMG_6460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGcQNuXkA2wGjyCH9o2y2KCZ-lKkpiMaL6fbSBtMz6KD8QOpo68jxTrUxjJhEATAjrNeYMldNNu_6mWeKvXuUhKkjpdaJADRuwksfy9-wLAjWhPpYj-Mo0h88_3opHcfGe_NB8eIdvI5UKNO_mfdf9rtE58fRvvURd1QppshuMDX8q35zuSWoellj5eU/w623-h468/IMG_6460.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the bridge that carried the Banbury and Cheltenham Railway. It was open throughout in 1887 and its main function was to carry iron ore from the East Midlands to South Wales. It was bought by Great Western Railway in 1896, and in the end it was closed in 1969. The arches to the right are over the River Cherwell and show just how close to the canal it often is, but isn't often seen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqulr9e5AYY22J9lwasdOlNFlUb1Wsmi8r6uz6-Qit2HX2oL-j31Ru7R0CJJT14XPewmM4u4xZIB9Od4kR9sPf_jD5AKZk7sA3-IhWIm9oEzEZgoZo-7a_T2EcaAV0WnN8clnbrMPFhPO3PIXZ3onohX0MQKHlet4BDcv5TWS5GusxRyfVI5jcTtB04K4/s5184/IMG_6462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqulr9e5AYY22J9lwasdOlNFlUb1Wsmi8r6uz6-Qit2HX2oL-j31Ru7R0CJJT14XPewmM4u4xZIB9Od4kR9sPf_jD5AKZk7sA3-IhWIm9oEzEZgoZo-7a_T2EcaAV0WnN8clnbrMPFhPO3PIXZ3onohX0MQKHlet4BDcv5TWS5GusxRyfVI5jcTtB04K4/w612-h459/IMG_6462.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Under the M40 bridge on the way to Nell Bridge Lock is this light plaque remembering Paul Hill who died during the construction of the motorway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOi2NwiKv5lOPzZZzB_ZoCznyvTZNeGnkMpdeJzkkQ08uQjU1WsJr0-n6-PpctDfG6grhvkp0dQ6JYHEiAylICeY91fStf2CZsl24MmJwY49us0M4g8arD3UrVdlyKXcBwkKPuMGnmnwmlOaOtV5dXrGqWseMrWxu8Wit6Bz6PxYmdr5rupgJunctano/s5184/IMG_6463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOi2NwiKv5lOPzZZzB_ZoCznyvTZNeGnkMpdeJzkkQ08uQjU1WsJr0-n6-PpctDfG6grhvkp0dQ6JYHEiAylICeY91fStf2CZsl24MmJwY49us0M4g8arD3UrVdlyKXcBwkKPuMGnmnwmlOaOtV5dXrGqWseMrWxu8Wit6Bz6PxYmdr5rupgJunctano/w628-h471/IMG_6463.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is interesting to see the lifting bridge of a design original to the time the canal was built, with the M40 behind. Different times.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQgYbib_3cFMaRQh5SjCqEfxA8qZIX-S2N8kJR441A_LOVv67Oq5K1mguqoW4XRLEh6cMbJb2LXkwA9f6TQxx-Jlldhv3Aa4t41aqtXpLntI1w2pmYsyG-PkYwgOc4HlmkE3TVOC-a_sECEARjMSda8kk2j_OThvK9jgFk-O-JA75n7SPFDyr9yjxHCs/s5184/IMG_6464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQgYbib_3cFMaRQh5SjCqEfxA8qZIX-S2N8kJR441A_LOVv67Oq5K1mguqoW4XRLEh6cMbJb2LXkwA9f6TQxx-Jlldhv3Aa4t41aqtXpLntI1w2pmYsyG-PkYwgOc4HlmkE3TVOC-a_sECEARjMSda8kk2j_OThvK9jgFk-O-JA75n7SPFDyr9yjxHCs/w398-h531/IMG_6464.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At various places around the system are signs asking you not to do things like run your engine, light your stove,moor, or fish. These signs de-marked the land of a house on the off side. I wonder why C&RT and their predecessors would do this? Do the property owners have pay for the privilege to alter the by-laws for individual cases,. I suppose that if you ignored the signs you would be not following a ruling by the C&RT so would be liable to a sanction. It seems strange when it didn't say you couldn't moor there! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKjTE3gb3bhAklhqLFFg1g8AgXyAkv4GdL7dnMb0gpunXM13XUlLbUR9G6yxGgc0hhe3laldipCWs6Ikwz9kwB3EKJXdNY2kb23yiwg_nfE-nKJeUpNcBzz6uqaBNcoESOkhdQypeA3sNoKYRlONe5twugk70X_bAhG2DvLz1b9iPQ2tkrBEFQFFordA/s5184/IMG_6465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKjTE3gb3bhAklhqLFFg1g8AgXyAkv4GdL7dnMb0gpunXM13XUlLbUR9G6yxGgc0hhe3laldipCWs6Ikwz9kwB3EKJXdNY2kb23yiwg_nfE-nKJeUpNcBzz6uqaBNcoESOkhdQypeA3sNoKYRlONe5twugk70X_bAhG2DvLz1b9iPQ2tkrBEFQFFordA/w627-h471/IMG_6465.JPG" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I was waiting for a boat at Nell Bridge Lock it makes a nice scene with the old warehouse and lift bridge. We were travelling slowly behind a boat that we caught up at every lock and were therefore delayed. At the bottom of the lock is a road bridge and there is no towpath through so you have to cross what is a main road with very fast traffic. In 1904 the road wasn't quite as big but the boatmen were running the boat horse rope over the bridge to start the boat out of the lock. This caused a severe accident when a young man on a motorbike came hurtling down the road and was nearly garroted by the rope. Apparently there was a pulley on the parapet that was supposed to take the rope, but for some reason boatmen didn't want, or like to use it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYypoFAdQgWyzfami9dVfEr6D07aMqnCinYMefSOTMAnHOIucWrFpfepDj24UCgz2qVlH8COD8ec8hinLRPJSQUDXS6GOg-LgQPPMT9Z8V5A9NK9ZDgMRty_Q0ZGEwWvvlBgYVYozjk1Bj6Y35iKUvvTsMcsRuyafNSfx09VmAjmd54llgmKD7lBeSLk/s5184/IMG_6467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYypoFAdQgWyzfami9dVfEr6D07aMqnCinYMefSOTMAnHOIucWrFpfepDj24UCgz2qVlH8COD8ec8hinLRPJSQUDXS6GOg-LgQPPMT9Z8V5A9NK9ZDgMRty_Q0ZGEwWvvlBgYVYozjk1Bj6Y35iKUvvTsMcsRuyafNSfx09VmAjmd54llgmKD7lBeSLk/w649-h487/IMG_6467.JPG" width="649" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Despite the signs saying to watch for the strong flow warnings as the River Cherwell crossed the canal just before Anyo Weir Lock I didn't see them at either end of the river stretch. There was little flow, so all was well. Anyo Weir Lock is diamond shaped to increase the amount of water that will be sent down to Somerton Deep Lock but when the water levels in the river section are low I would say there wasn't full compensation even so.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOH036pGT1eFJ7TUMko0oujgZp4eVciJTEGen0EkoijXCqHfysHGT0XQe1yhBW3yjD8haUsdnJnW0HP5Bm6Ag8R7xQo3BPwQkntK1oHIIxNy7jYd-mOF73Zfkxvw0nW2x0od7Y7YHFiRfCJXzK5-5nPrgHbRt4zKJpQI_YONWtInhoAciWa0ERpnbDRg/s5184/IMG_6470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOH036pGT1eFJ7TUMko0oujgZp4eVciJTEGen0EkoijXCqHfysHGT0XQe1yhBW3yjD8haUsdnJnW0HP5Bm6Ag8R7xQo3BPwQkntK1oHIIxNy7jYd-mOF73Zfkxvw0nW2x0od7Y7YHFiRfCJXzK5-5nPrgHbRt4zKJpQI_YONWtInhoAciWa0ERpnbDRg/w616-h462/IMG_6470.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 1869 Souldern Wharf was a busy place handling hay, straw, road stone and coal under the auspices of Charles John Clifford. They had coal from Moira, Swadlincote, Shipley, Wyken and Polesworth and could get it from many other places on request. It just goes to show that coal wasn't all the same.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrW7_axVHwu-T5_93aXopI4AfiVFWuXw08Ljpm41Q7X7gw8CrhrtXShmP4jCY4rEr6UD3yXZQe6Dcsxh9pcpZi-jsV8UlcUeB6z8Mjy1JfEfboEDdbphLufdC8i9fBe5XB7n1Lrv56jmXW8DO4iOqNCiyr9IfiVOW2RtjNr_mDumrdKSHHkuvHklv8KAI/s1741/IMG_6471%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1741" data-original-width="1691" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrW7_axVHwu-T5_93aXopI4AfiVFWuXw08Ljpm41Q7X7gw8CrhrtXShmP4jCY4rEr6UD3yXZQe6Dcsxh9pcpZi-jsV8UlcUeB6z8Mjy1JfEfboEDdbphLufdC8i9fBe5XB7n1Lrv56jmXW8DO4iOqNCiyr9IfiVOW2RtjNr_mDumrdKSHHkuvHklv8KAI/s320/IMG_6471%202.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before Somerton Deep Lock I spotted a kingfisher who was obliging enough to sit on a twig just about long enough for me to take a hurried snap.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLRbvQ2j3jCsx0nhDeClHelt5ySvWV9FZUm0IL3Lc0oTTC9Patc6H9kex1O0XjBnMIaKPrXvnpMtnHovaxbBmnph0jBePsCqYpkKFpvwwS36gjSM13pyB4Crwv1K2IFVs_o1tvaTLUhgW5_akRT92lMF2Uo9fjkpbIMjQZVOYthvivn4KPc90iVZoFMM/s5184/IMG_6473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLRbvQ2j3jCsx0nhDeClHelt5ySvWV9FZUm0IL3Lc0oTTC9Patc6H9kex1O0XjBnMIaKPrXvnpMtnHovaxbBmnph0jBePsCqYpkKFpvwwS36gjSM13pyB4Crwv1K2IFVs_o1tvaTLUhgW5_akRT92lMF2Uo9fjkpbIMjQZVOYthvivn4KPc90iVZoFMM/w418-h557/IMG_6473.JPG" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you haven't been 'up North' a 12' lock must seem very deep, but on the Sheffield canal and Aire and Calder and others there are lots that are deep. The canal cottage here has just been for sale and is under offer at the moment for £400,000. 2 bedrooms, no access, cesh pit, no electricity, not water, other than filtered and treated canal water (of which you can have unlimited supply it says, but not for drinking). Heating is from a solid fuel stove and bottled gas. There is no road access but there is a little narrow boat and a 64' mooring thrown in. There was a very noisy generator banging away as we passed, but could be an off grid haven I suppose.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47UdE8hyphenhyphenyxOy5h8zO_PsV9vaasyFmVwPctrLA_9m-eFJdpdrTRWxYerhK5bDF3UREZaP4vO31pJAz33VZz2SORQVOfL6z4zCIDRUuJQHCJR65ysTX7psJyW5ebtaKxoo7lIA9IKQL6ITKLFmnlIaC1FWs3iRAr0H8SorjSdgjPkjN1PTG5q3RJDUWWgA/s5184/IMG_6477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47UdE8hyphenhyphenyxOy5h8zO_PsV9vaasyFmVwPctrLA_9m-eFJdpdrTRWxYerhK5bDF3UREZaP4vO31pJAz33VZz2SORQVOfL6z4zCIDRUuJQHCJR65ysTX7psJyW5ebtaKxoo7lIA9IKQL6ITKLFmnlIaC1FWs3iRAr0H8SorjSdgjPkjN1PTG5q3RJDUWWgA/w604-h453/IMG_6477.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I noticed that after Somerton there were gates on the towpath that reminded me of the old River Trent Towing path that has gates across to delineate fields and prevent stock wandering. I suppose the area has water meadows on the tow path side so stock would be able to wander along the tow path and get lost if there weren't gates.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGaNo3o8fp8zI-L-2dYJQLe7YD6buWNm0nQ7DtQ6Js6AR1XvxxMcgZOmmSMR1csmYkjBNZxhwvrtiJCzSUkXZB2waJux77AFmPdE6duRmiRIkx2rdBCL5fY8skavmW00bKLDPHiPpKL1u0lzVCmTLZMQJn9WanxA39_eWPZBm_BfvWVRL4ZvsU9jGhWs/s5184/IMG_6479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGaNo3o8fp8zI-L-2dYJQLe7YD6buWNm0nQ7DtQ6Js6AR1XvxxMcgZOmmSMR1csmYkjBNZxhwvrtiJCzSUkXZB2waJux77AFmPdE6duRmiRIkx2rdBCL5fY8skavmW00bKLDPHiPpKL1u0lzVCmTLZMQJn9WanxA39_eWPZBm_BfvWVRL4ZvsU9jGhWs/w595-h446/IMG_6479.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Heyford Common Lock we had lost the slow boat ahead of us but out of nowhere came across a slow lady single hander at the lock. There had been little bits of rain after about 2pm but it wasn't until about 3:30 that I had to put a coat on, and then it stopped more or less. We kept going as we hadn't got quite as far as we wanted.The lady kept going to. She said she was stopping at Lower Heyford but didn't. She graciously let us go ahead before Dashwoods Lock so we decided to crack on whilst it wasn't raining. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The crew were getting quite rebellious by the time we got to Northbrook Lock and she hid the windlasses, saying enough was enough. We found a spot soon after and moored up at 18:15 after around 8 hours underway. We have actually done more than we had planned despite the slow going so another log day tomorrow will have us in Oxford tomorrow night I hope.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-84789076236239434702023-10-10T22:44:00.002+02:002023-10-10T22:44:56.068+02:00Banbury Bound.<div style="text-align: left;"> Another good nights sleep in our mooring above the top lock at Claydon. The train track was not too far away but if I heard anything I went back to sleep straight away. When we woke up there was quite a fog.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9t6rHxuktirAkXDmS3DsV1wFzfmyctdFOM_f_RnZlkdYQbrXR8JMny3i62POoCjQN4v3SFEBjRXL9aiH29IPBeZ9fSbDLHa1KrAHG3NIS2hRqn28IcgbPMe2t_WpuEHb-X-xCIe8iZ5ANy4ZpkaPfJsf8QNnRSpU29VCLrOO9RXY17FqXAsCHHtHU9M/s5184/IMG_6431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9t6rHxuktirAkXDmS3DsV1wFzfmyctdFOM_f_RnZlkdYQbrXR8JMny3i62POoCjQN4v3SFEBjRXL9aiH29IPBeZ9fSbDLHa1KrAHG3NIS2hRqn28IcgbPMe2t_WpuEHb-X-xCIe8iZ5ANy4ZpkaPfJsf8QNnRSpU29VCLrOO9RXY17FqXAsCHHtHU9M/w601-h451/IMG_6431.JPG" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At home we have a saying that 'fog before 7, clear before 11', but this is due to the sea roke or fret that flows in from the sea which is warmer than the land. The same happened today, but it had gone bu 0930 when we set off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd38qsDMEhjuytWz4QrDboO9DBSiyc93c16zSpjzyrKaKbx34xzxVkExpmXWx4rtjTSltVu6I3KRSPMaDqxKtxgQAFhtWBUxE-g-dsRTkSKfa0eY62k0Xl_7AAr_LV3P_zdo3R2FHEhcjrK6FtFsnB0_CkWdtTfOVMnLeD7JF-LStUsulkvk02qm4DKE/s5184/IMG_6432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd38qsDMEhjuytWz4QrDboO9DBSiyc93c16zSpjzyrKaKbx34xzxVkExpmXWx4rtjTSltVu6I3KRSPMaDqxKtxgQAFhtWBUxE-g-dsRTkSKfa0eY62k0Xl_7AAr_LV3P_zdo3R2FHEhcjrK6FtFsnB0_CkWdtTfOVMnLeD7JF-LStUsulkvk02qm4DKE/w635-h477/IMG_6432.JPG" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got to the first, or top lock of the Claydon flight, but a boat had passed us a while before. There was a lock keepers cottage, a blacksmiths shop and a stable block it seems. It makes a nice grouping of buildings, as well as another building on the tow path side.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasprXyK2rX581j5icXUI-kdbbNoT76USvXtwWlneITVtHVG2swAYamwpEtcE9iSR859cMsdrun25ufbibqX1pWFwhAPM5sThcsCdEl3b0lKzmOULKyWStI8InfGVM6Jvf0NOkosjuWooNVROAsKf-on8Cgshd4U8pyKCqmpDmjybcrx-rF6julR3Zwxw/s5184/IMG_6434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasprXyK2rX581j5icXUI-kdbbNoT76USvXtwWlneITVtHVG2swAYamwpEtcE9iSR859cMsdrun25ufbibqX1pWFwhAPM5sThcsCdEl3b0lKzmOULKyWStI8InfGVM6Jvf0NOkosjuWooNVROAsKf-on8Cgshd4U8pyKCqmpDmjybcrx-rF6julR3Zwxw/w379-h505/IMG_6434.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun was shining brightly as Helen helped us down the first lock. She was standing under a trumpet flower 'tree'. We have one in a hedge and didn't realise that they would grow like this. I will have to think about pruning it differently.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuXas_fc6IMLvFnv8mezeXBu45sf_ZPilCm1JUj9WGEF-RcKxQqIzVJIIGRPUbdkDc_O90jPzcgk7rICe0H-sNGeZej1AEHodPasKgwgtNJCJz02iCNq2TBnGUWT2upkILuQHkR2HPvMsSgYBa004NuggpL7muTbJ_Ml1gxdtc27MDry0qEUsYpqlWa0/s5184/IMG_6435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuXas_fc6IMLvFnv8mezeXBu45sf_ZPilCm1JUj9WGEF-RcKxQqIzVJIIGRPUbdkDc_O90jPzcgk7rICe0H-sNGeZej1AEHodPasKgwgtNJCJz02iCNq2TBnGUWT2upkILuQHkR2HPvMsSgYBa004NuggpL7muTbJ_Ml1gxdtc27MDry0qEUsYpqlWa0/w601-h451/IMG_6435.JPG" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were more buildings on the towpath side so you can imagine how many people would have been working in this little space, where as there are no canal workers here now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxI04qG45v_lwt_Dddfle-pS9HCHtNbpB1ctbOUEqOq5Uib4a0ziS3PhfbBZ41_EYCOSMSO2Z9nBSP_JOs16d_TU2QxSuN2I2ADqEPQPoLmBbQ-RZMj2xI0RhBdk5wRLsD5uD3jOQp2jdvr26qz1vHIKV19FICDI4d8IKfskErMFJa0eoOA7Ij1KNftU/s5184/IMG_6436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxI04qG45v_lwt_Dddfle-pS9HCHtNbpB1ctbOUEqOq5Uib4a0ziS3PhfbBZ41_EYCOSMSO2Z9nBSP_JOs16d_TU2QxSuN2I2ADqEPQPoLmBbQ-RZMj2xI0RhBdk5wRLsD5uD3jOQp2jdvr26qz1vHIKV19FICDI4d8IKfskErMFJa0eoOA7Ij1KNftU/w611-h459/IMG_6436.JPG" width="611" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started to meet boats coming up the flight, but they never seemed to arrive at the right time, so we were waiting for them a lot of the time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-cvA2VupCuc7YarMCTY62tyVoXrp1lSE3w1NZVECvenrSvevGS3VrXZUeLuVOFD0cFSG3lqBkzm2YIoDgbUzQTWauxY3vhchHbV9dL7Nl7hITU-T1jBg264VDrNRRc6fz8Ej0eQMdB8pTiR-ZVnk35bkB410C5PjIv3VwBBvJzzinOBBn75ySUgTsSI/s5184/IMG_6439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-cvA2VupCuc7YarMCTY62tyVoXrp1lSE3w1NZVECvenrSvevGS3VrXZUeLuVOFD0cFSG3lqBkzm2YIoDgbUzQTWauxY3vhchHbV9dL7Nl7hITU-T1jBg264VDrNRRc6fz8Ej0eQMdB8pTiR-ZVnk35bkB410C5PjIv3VwBBvJzzinOBBn75ySUgTsSI/w621-h466/IMG_6439.JPG" width="621" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clattercote Wharf is just before Elkington Lock, and is the home to an undercover dry dock and some attractive buildings, with the addition of this tepee. I never understand why owners of marinas and winding holes like this put up signs that you aren't allowed to use them. What difference does it make to them?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKtV8GuxGRLvg3vBi5FhPL4oaz6JXlyl4_axThA2tHrKvpdRE9WDMQoPPvFhVyDCJ29v1yL-OvAlGck47C5g0669A5FCp8xIJR-VZ63gJqXLSzIaq9GlgK0XMpZEcdH4zQc6aULZ__vQhLx7pM5iGmqGkZfi45bzLawGC-zhH6RXj1PavrhKpsXVERqQ/s5184/IMG_6440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKtV8GuxGRLvg3vBi5FhPL4oaz6JXlyl4_axThA2tHrKvpdRE9WDMQoPPvFhVyDCJ29v1yL-OvAlGck47C5g0669A5FCp8xIJR-VZ63gJqXLSzIaq9GlgK0XMpZEcdH4zQc6aULZ__vQhLx7pM5iGmqGkZfi45bzLawGC-zhH6RXj1PavrhKpsXVERqQ/w428-h571/IMG_6440.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen normally does the helming when we are going down hill as I can step across the double gates that are normally at the foot of a narrow lock. The autumn sun gives a special light as Helen brings 'Holderness' into Elkington Lock.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfySBWdGKLPBM2FWSi66k8uyxCweakLEw0-hUoWU5o7wmHE1_8RPgEmG_b-A98rF2O7KlXed0_KqougFaeXA3zseZBt-u2RYuGCZdgcsTUKt1FWy2hadoeKkfplvErBNQwkfdSxEuTGd4fTXNvNyDQ4qUChCIetHcfMHEeoS8l9fw0_VKcnLR93ZiVpEE/s5184/IMG_6441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfySBWdGKLPBM2FWSi66k8uyxCweakLEw0-hUoWU5o7wmHE1_8RPgEmG_b-A98rF2O7KlXed0_KqougFaeXA3zseZBt-u2RYuGCZdgcsTUKt1FWy2hadoeKkfplvErBNQwkfdSxEuTGd4fTXNvNyDQ4qUChCIetHcfMHEeoS8l9fw0_VKcnLR93ZiVpEE/w411-h547/IMG_6441.JPG" width="411" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun continued to shine and we continued to meet folk coming up, but still not helping us along.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped for water at Cropredy as there was nobody there. This place is always busy with moored boats. There is a ley or dragon line that runs from the Rollright Stones, a stone circle to Arbury Camp, an Iron Age camp at Chipping Warden so this may well be something to do with it as it passes right throught Cropredy Bridge, where there was a Battle between the Parliamentary and Royalist Forces during the Civil War in 1644.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCHIfVXKh6EZUZBQ_JuM9f_wCJ5EcSaF2NH8zAh-J6vQcgtJNnTDiNoC4vQbbKAiPX8tikjI3tkRBpObR8v0QeD91OcaJFFyv_A4gQHu0dHcDlQGbl7fpd_y85oAxVqZQYINBOaNDU1cFA9CKSfRjJVJrWwTLLM3TO6DoSDi8IkaDr_L3ogs8uz6wYbg/s5184/IMG_6442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCHIfVXKh6EZUZBQ_JuM9f_wCJ5EcSaF2NH8zAh-J6vQcgtJNnTDiNoC4vQbbKAiPX8tikjI3tkRBpObR8v0QeD91OcaJFFyv_A4gQHu0dHcDlQGbl7fpd_y85oAxVqZQYINBOaNDU1cFA9CKSfRjJVJrWwTLLM3TO6DoSDi8IkaDr_L3ogs8uz6wYbg/w625-h469/IMG_6442.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Slats Mill was previously called Slates Mill after a corn mill that was driven by a water wheel from a mill race from the River Cherwell just to the west of the canal. There was a mill recorded here in 1482, and by the mill the Cherwell could be forded. For this reason it featured as part of the Battle of Cropredy in 1644.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pTU1eayevd9cadaA1M-igLdAinyIxFCVnC8mAQpEC7dFzgeifnpttFbPAMrj2Hdu3tIvFTdREswsZiiO4nVQ38y6y_Y8kpqbwFmypbAGklv0dDpTnCwN3xxridHycsWbQdi2lqA28TuarzuL7L0nZi1Uy1JWgy1w717x7-Ubyapr4dkULUWeViUtSPY/s5184/IMG_6443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pTU1eayevd9cadaA1M-igLdAinyIxFCVnC8mAQpEC7dFzgeifnpttFbPAMrj2Hdu3tIvFTdREswsZiiO4nVQ38y6y_Y8kpqbwFmypbAGklv0dDpTnCwN3xxridHycsWbQdi2lqA28TuarzuL7L0nZi1Uy1JWgy1w717x7-Ubyapr4dkULUWeViUtSPY/w630-h473/IMG_6443.JPG" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You often see this along the canal. It seems obvious that a boat has gone past and caught an old jacket around their prop. Pulling over they huff and puff to clear their prop. Once achieved they secure their weed hatch lid and off they go, but not before chucking what they have taken off the prop onto the tow path? What is the point of this? Not only does this constitute littering and making the place unsightly, it will inevitably end up back in the canal and catch somebody else! What is the difficulty in chucking it on the bow, or somewhere else, and disposing of it when you get rid of your own rubbish!!!?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl-MKZi7z5ajKED6Sde_eS_IJI8GbCrCqofVqUpDpM3TnlZFHDUb1rVgGuyVZxNicQvEuXIpt2Fb9Cq2FBjtYwHeV8_HMUNudUV0apz15C3qIpByaY7QPl64ldcst3QUubYPJzcZZyX0YaL7bC8XUp0V0DTZfRPNhzZqzMURaOoYXCfiNE6XHAE2Fn5U/s5184/IMG_6444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSl-MKZi7z5ajKED6Sde_eS_IJI8GbCrCqofVqUpDpM3TnlZFHDUb1rVgGuyVZxNicQvEuXIpt2Fb9Cq2FBjtYwHeV8_HMUNudUV0apz15C3qIpByaY7QPl64ldcst3QUubYPJzcZZyX0YaL7bC8XUp0V0DTZfRPNhzZqzMURaOoYXCfiNE6XHAE2Fn5U/w641-h481/IMG_6444.JPG" width="641" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bourton Lock Cottage seems to be boarded up with no work being done on it for a while. It was sold by auction in 2015 I think, but has no water, electricity etc, as well as no road access. It also has no road access. I hope that it can be saved in the long run as it is a lovely house and a Listed building.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZSQDvFoCGC_1_WsKJmcKY1F-oeJvNwt40I5ha6jq6Ap_FeBOC9NkEszzwdVMxdLBygd2Uwk3mF96jHmo5rZobxGStmo_4seuwPIUUiMvnTjne8fnNttbfV3yxU45fhrJ83Sh0nE8TvnIQuGuLZICGRLtH2T9d2AvUQ4baJDfeBHviZm2iBsREHGAiwo/s5184/IMG_6446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZSQDvFoCGC_1_WsKJmcKY1F-oeJvNwt40I5ha6jq6Ap_FeBOC9NkEszzwdVMxdLBygd2Uwk3mF96jHmo5rZobxGStmo_4seuwPIUUiMvnTjne8fnNttbfV3yxU45fhrJ83Sh0nE8TvnIQuGuLZICGRLtH2T9d2AvUQ4baJDfeBHviZm2iBsREHGAiwo/w623-h467/IMG_6446.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a little arm that was originally the route of the canal that led past Grimsbury Wharf. There was a boat builder and beer seller called Cotterel working there in the 1840's. In 1985 the Department of Transport were building new roads in the area and need to have a run up for the approach of a bridge over the canal. They filled in the old canal after rerouting it further to the east. The other thing that you notice in this part of the canal is the smell of instant coffee. The factory is now owned by Mondelez International and makes around 90 million jars of coffee, mainly Kenco coffee. They also make around 700 million Tassimo coffee capsules too. No wonder there is a smell of coffee. I think that the factory is one of the largest in the world taking about 36,000 tonnes of coffee beans a year!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDgHoUFLbzABIDtwxDkqQ2W-KaNjtzgfCdh7Zn2lM9E2JJjoihE7bFbatXrhACTOLhoiLP8QSUrwu9jgezp7frv1KRjAr0WP9oW7XxeGm-LYcblO5F04MK49U-BE5Ht0kuSpSddi8pXy6FAPlW4Vbu90o76FKcZhsS5H765Uq4_LjB6FYYBwGrjGdig4/s5184/IMG_6447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDgHoUFLbzABIDtwxDkqQ2W-KaNjtzgfCdh7Zn2lM9E2JJjoihE7bFbatXrhACTOLhoiLP8QSUrwu9jgezp7frv1KRjAr0WP9oW7XxeGm-LYcblO5F04MK49U-BE5Ht0kuSpSddi8pXy6FAPlW4Vbu90o76FKcZhsS5H765Uq4_LjB6FYYBwGrjGdig4/w398-h531/IMG_6447.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found a section of armco just before the Tom Rolt bridge about 14:30 and then decided to have a look around the town before having our tea out. Helen managed to find a few Christmas presents and enjoyed a troll through the charity shops etc. before we headed to The Exchange for a Weatherspoons tea. We had a pint in the Coach and Horses too. St. Mary's Church above was built in 1790's, designed by the Cotterell Bothers. In the 1860's it was reordered as an Anglo Catholic Church with the interior changed, and stained glass added. Not too long ago it also became joint home with the United Reform Church. It is a Grade I Listed building but we couldn't get in to check it out.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Whilst we are in Banbury I thought I would try to find out what a 'cock horse' from the nursery rhyme was! It seems it started in the 15th Century and meant a lively, or spirited horse, or one that had not been castrated. By the mid 16th Century it came to mean a pretend horse, like a hobby horse, or even an adult's knee. So now you know.</div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-69701773311146015322023-10-09T20:44:00.002+02:002023-10-09T20:44:59.024+02:00Summit Up.<div style="text-align: left;"> We had a very quiet night but we were waiting for the noise to start as we were moored right next to a builders yard. We were up when it started, but actually is wasn't at all bad anyway! A few boats passed in either direction but we resisted until about 0945, and of course just as we were letting got a boat came from our direction of travel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscNPyKkuFPeXQbT1TmrFBsdtXE4EddLdlKVqiw8krpYcghf3porjo2ihllQoOyR3Nv21RGNJCzjT2cYeIea71_CjATtiGTOEdDdcqvgJc-jcJ99gdvI-8waLbZmTt8K5IIxK-aKshFdMsg0qrGNdzihhSNQxunkx5NpMeE9GUQTI9-gydLAdKxQxzy_Y/s5184/IMG_6409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscNPyKkuFPeXQbT1TmrFBsdtXE4EddLdlKVqiw8krpYcghf3porjo2ihllQoOyR3Nv21RGNJCzjT2cYeIea71_CjATtiGTOEdDdcqvgJc-jcJ99gdvI-8waLbZmTt8K5IIxK-aKshFdMsg0qrGNdzihhSNQxunkx5NpMeE9GUQTI9-gydLAdKxQxzy_Y/w626-h470/IMG_6409.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we got round the corner we had a clear view of the windmill and of course Helen got a much better photo of it. It was built in 1835 and had three sets of stones. It finished as a wind driven mill in 1900 and had steam power installed until 1909 when it closed. It seems that it was left derelict for many years. Concern for the building was raised in 1936 but nothing was done. It was listed Grade II in 1952. There were fears that it would be demolished if it didn't fall down, in 1968 but by 1970 the local brickyard owner had bought it and he had it converted into a home, but with the sails installed as a landmark and was completed in 1972</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyWMdXKyprcsJk1qXDdEPOEDtPGa7H1S6AyjyKzI-XkT5FtA2vzfvOFwa3ujVX0ahdtINCiMN86dAg98qXoB6wlTYc2rpWp73Lx0gIifYd0fvBa3MEKwuHVyn6UaTh9fep8knTYbz-YOtRanIP6Ref0f58m7jTD-MvAibhwP8KyfoB7Nis2cEmQj2iDM/s5184/IMG_6410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyWMdXKyprcsJk1qXDdEPOEDtPGa7H1S6AyjyKzI-XkT5FtA2vzfvOFwa3ujVX0ahdtINCiMN86dAg98qXoB6wlTYc2rpWp73Lx0gIifYd0fvBa3MEKwuHVyn6UaTh9fep8knTYbz-YOtRanIP6Ref0f58m7jTD-MvAibhwP8KyfoB7Nis2cEmQj2iDM/w396-h528/IMG_6410.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we approached the bottom of the Napton flight of locks there was a boat on the water point, but as there were two taps we decided to stop as we didn't think we needed much anyway. It was a very slow tap, and as we finished so did the other boat that was going up the locks too. We let them go first, but they weren't the fastest up the locks. It turns out they have two boats so they were moving the first up to the top of the locks, walking back to pick a car up and move that to the top for the night. Then they would go down in the car and bring the second boat up, needing a second walk down to get the car again! That seems a lot of work for marginal gain to me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACYItbXMsLVDXDXcrloHUk5RFVPkNXlof_gjf4RgEsk5q6yj63tqYuIaRN2ouptjIMuaMWfEMhHb6mje7D1YNRI1ikVFH7HYgLIncedpnDmk6XTx98Stncx2xjpQ1EtsNr-NV3xDEZtSf8_4zA5d1SMCI_flaAxyzrQ0A7QTqvlb5oNHdC25HBi3jUNA/s5184/IMG_6411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACYItbXMsLVDXDXcrloHUk5RFVPkNXlof_gjf4RgEsk5q6yj63tqYuIaRN2ouptjIMuaMWfEMhHb6mje7D1YNRI1ikVFH7HYgLIncedpnDmk6XTx98Stncx2xjpQ1EtsNr-NV3xDEZtSf8_4zA5d1SMCI_flaAxyzrQ0A7QTqvlb5oNHdC25HBi3jUNA/w619-h464/IMG_6411.JPG" width="619" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Up the locks we slowly progressed until coming to this Type 26 pill box from WWII. They are commonly known as Stents as they were designed and constructed in prefabricated form by the Stent Pre-Cast Concrete Co. of Westminster. The concrete uprights were installed and two precast slot in panels were added, along with precast loop holes. Then the gap was filled with concrete. They were roughly 10' square and walls of 18" thick. They usually have loopholes in two wall and a door in another.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBcMbsRO5nzY1-y6w7feTgwuSoCxX7qxDtoM6-RrjADe8SGqdHLM7iChM9XoPOr8j6AbF01vQrWafW_dsvL6LsMCK98CLZwXgmRyRRXhCQ8vVRV09ZqRpia1t9HMkU2rpetpPHOOlXu75PAdGZuVioon6DfLE-Cb9trNAVUhYJFFemhN7LNi46l8XPZ0/s5184/IMG_6412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBcMbsRO5nzY1-y6w7feTgwuSoCxX7qxDtoM6-RrjADe8SGqdHLM7iChM9XoPOr8j6AbF01vQrWafW_dsvL6LsMCK98CLZwXgmRyRRXhCQ8vVRV09ZqRpia1t9HMkU2rpetpPHOOlXu75PAdGZuVioon6DfLE-Cb9trNAVUhYJFFemhN7LNi46l8XPZ0/w612-h459/IMG_6412.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The water buffalo were taking full advantage of the sun and heat. The Chapel Green farm used to milk Friesian cows but in 1999 decided to get 20 milking water buffalo. Bu 2007 they got rid of the rest of the Friesian cows and increased the buffalo to 80 milkers. They now have 140 milkers and around 100 young and a total herd of around 300. You would have thought that mozzarella would have been produced but it is mainly meat products and ice cream. You can get both these at the Napton Post Office.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1kEXZMX9c2ygzjlj4qzn4blbtHsYP_5w_bhuGIiuWboD-IUyPK72J9Ugp3GeHYsehVU2jLlDlcoYFyLUTESRd2aWRNOFZPExoxhFGLg4Ahx12Ji5doyrDivx9qfnl8_kPnaBUV1x-d0_Jukch20Fi4BoflGPWTrzB5YRYgIHxrkWbNrOHvATwi5VUZw/s5184/IMG_6414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1kEXZMX9c2ygzjlj4qzn4blbtHsYP_5w_bhuGIiuWboD-IUyPK72J9Ugp3GeHYsehVU2jLlDlcoYFyLUTESRd2aWRNOFZPExoxhFGLg4Ahx12Ji5doyrDivx9qfnl8_kPnaBUV1x-d0_Jukch20Fi4BoflGPWTrzB5YRYgIHxrkWbNrOHvATwi5VUZw/w626-h469/IMG_6414.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Engine House Arm that is 7 locks up from the bottom. It was allowed for in the original Act of Parliament as it accessed a stream to feed the canal. It was made navigable when a steam engine was constructed at the end to pump water back up to the top via a series of channels and ditches and coal was needed to fire the boiler. It remained navigable until 1948 despite it only being used very intermittently once Boddington Reservoir was built in 1811. It used as mooring for part of its route now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4T6lGEaAII9YJiL-RH_PAxhq2UcHasDTUZsObmhnFlftsKzvMw51j2dHKhoXotSGayJKIa5ZS6ESYkZbo3jzmY3sGAHrgrmXZxDGBmF1hyphenhyphenweTSvQTWYKIdDT9SP9WvzIoVZATmiAXwnNnQPluSDH-2_231dKBaA3GOPxXE2bMN8GY5vVYqh8CTipc5w/s5184/IMG_6415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4T6lGEaAII9YJiL-RH_PAxhq2UcHasDTUZsObmhnFlftsKzvMw51j2dHKhoXotSGayJKIa5ZS6ESYkZbo3jzmY3sGAHrgrmXZxDGBmF1hyphenhyphenweTSvQTWYKIdDT9SP9WvzIoVZATmiAXwnNnQPluSDH-2_231dKBaA3GOPxXE2bMN8GY5vVYqh8CTipc5w/w607-h455/IMG_6415.JPG" width="607" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the top lock at Marston Doles was a canal wharf. The large building was the Lock keepers cottage and the low building to the right was a stable block for 12 boat horses. They were built in 1859.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDheptD-GHDxQSWOzf8Y62ldrUOBFWXYR1avRc1yHRO62KDQqZAG_iveVc59NbZg8KE21UjFbgeLPDYT0-TzxG2yy9_IE_efwdP_oXBarmuVm8ATvhA9Pkh-J25z_Cx4bSPBn5gTdxSWVtFCUFHPQNTEQ6CFpOndWHCSJjDB5LFXlG5aPmmtApQSNc0Z8/s5184/IMG_6416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDheptD-GHDxQSWOzf8Y62ldrUOBFWXYR1avRc1yHRO62KDQqZAG_iveVc59NbZg8KE21UjFbgeLPDYT0-TzxG2yy9_IE_efwdP_oXBarmuVm8ATvhA9Pkh-J25z_Cx4bSPBn5gTdxSWVtFCUFHPQNTEQ6CFpOndWHCSJjDB5LFXlG5aPmmtApQSNc0Z8/w609-h458/IMG_6416.JPG" width="609" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The DIS marker is about 100 yards from the top lock. I'm not sure what DIS stands for, but I understand that it marks the point where, once passed the approaching boat has right of way at the lock. In this case, as it was a flight, it meant that a boat coming up couldn't turn the lock. In the old days the steerer would crack his whip, or sound his horn as he passed. With single locks the same would be true but if the two posts were in sight of each other it would mean hte one who passed first had the lock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuABQHzWYHoaMdFukipsGNslWgtwYzHdHwczsbHHkGgW5AcFLA3YV5sia0TLsdKvipe9yLVNnPPZx7_xX-i0O2Ip8Hp8mLjGOd8Eg7DkZBouj_j_exG3wx7U1qeJhvr34_dGCBGpzQKfI9jW-ZIx5RY2o2HH1TLZMkQr8hfXYA36JQoBMqsddZuCCWIxU/s5184/IMG_6417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuABQHzWYHoaMdFukipsGNslWgtwYzHdHwczsbHHkGgW5AcFLA3YV5sia0TLsdKvipe9yLVNnPPZx7_xX-i0O2Ip8Hp8mLjGOd8Eg7DkZBouj_j_exG3wx7U1qeJhvr34_dGCBGpzQKfI9jW-ZIx5RY2o2HH1TLZMkQr8hfXYA36JQoBMqsddZuCCWIxU/w622-h467/IMG_6417.JPG" width="622" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As proof of the weather in future years here we are on 9th October in shorts in a 26C and blue sky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQsyxhHoTC42fhAugMjhruCDtOKFcO9k-K06Vy-vqB2S-EVTFlCGEw90RO18j2_be4NM_uRo83EKSdBKCkjbXIYpYiaHuKKoXIuh7ylAJK2FITlnUFpokWRJo7Px6asTpmIuqE1esgXy-6EERq-zAEt3GzjLMfSF1qT-CnPdLJ9DGk2GtF6cpUCH4qBc/s5184/IMG_6421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQsyxhHoTC42fhAugMjhruCDtOKFcO9k-K06Vy-vqB2S-EVTFlCGEw90RO18j2_be4NM_uRo83EKSdBKCkjbXIYpYiaHuKKoXIuh7ylAJK2FITlnUFpokWRJo7Px6asTpmIuqE1esgXy-6EERq-zAEt3GzjLMfSF1qT-CnPdLJ9DGk2GtF6cpUCH4qBc/w618-h464/IMG_6421.JPG" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we approached Bridge 128 we went under a construction bridge for the HS2 that was being used by the big tipper lorries moving earth from one place to another. They haven't started the main rail bridge yet but you get a good view of the route to the distance. I reckon when it is built it will be very impressive to see the trains zip past at up to 225 mph. The scar will be gone in a short order too. Look at the mess made by making or widening motorways, plus all the pollution that they create.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2WEIm6kUkyqN_xxw5IbNLSScJpWHKr5cwCrHHM3RmHA3WZuo8YT2e0h6V2nlRaDBHxFmZ3PBC6mKiHHL4D3-THF6dOW9dcMRme6QiELgOe1L3pdFdEnPA3DbPYhqZw4aeef83iTHgfPMlw2RCT22TAP6wlgR8lDJfhiNXRVNdsgMuzEx2rLYlc7LRao/s5184/IMG_6425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2WEIm6kUkyqN_xxw5IbNLSScJpWHKr5cwCrHHM3RmHA3WZuo8YT2e0h6V2nlRaDBHxFmZ3PBC6mKiHHL4D3-THF6dOW9dcMRme6QiELgOe1L3pdFdEnPA3DbPYhqZw4aeef83iTHgfPMlw2RCT22TAP6wlgR8lDJfhiNXRVNdsgMuzEx2rLYlc7LRao/w634-h476/IMG_6425.JPG" width="634" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to continue on when we got to Fenny Compton, which was just as well as there was only one space on the visitor moorings and somebody had bagged. We were soon at the 'tunnel'. Somebody had decided to moor near the cast iron turnover bridge so we waited for a boat to pass. The boat in the distance was really crawling along so we continued on and slowed where the bushes narrowed the canal a little too much. The tunnel was built with the canal between 1775 and 1777 as a single bore. It proved a bottleneck and in 1840 the canal company bought the land above the tunnel and dug down to make a passing place roughly halfway along the length of the canal. It was still holding up traffic so in 1868 the southern tunnel was dug out and in 1870 the northern section, leaving this narrow cutting to negotiate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5AyCdUZREBM1uVad0VEtlzMxZWFSpCpgiv3U5W-3Q_gKiwNV8tpSyfuGJGB1vgU_UV9bujAJicCG1HKqDNMHBJO7cIS9seNTklw10OMU4dJPIqyeO2zqpaqGRcpbNQS-mKzPSxpgOyMzms-Ei4NCRaxSo_3N6WwVXqGvT9-XKpyCeSFOdashm2YDJvc/s5184/IMG_6429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5AyCdUZREBM1uVad0VEtlzMxZWFSpCpgiv3U5W-3Q_gKiwNV8tpSyfuGJGB1vgU_UV9bujAJicCG1HKqDNMHBJO7cIS9seNTklw10OMU4dJPIqyeO2zqpaqGRcpbNQS-mKzPSxpgOyMzms-Ei4NCRaxSo_3N6WwVXqGvT9-XKpyCeSFOdashm2YDJvc/w378-h504/IMG_6429.JPG" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first of the many lift bridges to come on the Oxford Canal. This one seems to be left open, Hooray!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi6IGXA7ucKz8QjvicdckgbWlsk17__CwzeD8TjUjcPMZGmkAJ5eWapMZkfn8y9AvSx8cvInVHsU4kq71ueoCPP8VwOJLHIDvNJELk5dWPpEQVIP4goTjMkxTLdIC6DIq89Ywgbf6RedOgV0ISZj8eAKMHUH4yK_-QUCdxcVGlE3e_w9JbdzxXm4hO2w/s5184/IMG_6430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi6IGXA7ucKz8QjvicdckgbWlsk17__CwzeD8TjUjcPMZGmkAJ5eWapMZkfn8y9AvSx8cvInVHsU4kq71ueoCPP8VwOJLHIDvNJELk5dWPpEQVIP4goTjMkxTLdIC6DIq89Ywgbf6RedOgV0ISZj8eAKMHUH4yK_-QUCdxcVGlE3e_w9JbdzxXm4hO2w/w423-h564/IMG_6430.JPG" width="423" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The feeder from Boddington, the reservoir, not the brewery, looked lovely in the evening light. The reservoir was opened in 1805 to try to help solve the lack of water at the summit pound. Now a days the 65 acre site is better known for its fishing. In six hours a record total of 630lbs of fish have been taken and a 40lb pike too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We found a place where we could put our bow on some armco and pin the stern as there was another boat there too. We were all finished by 17:00 and had a beer to celebrate a wonderful day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-20781104235562720002023-10-08T19:44:00.002+02:002023-10-08T19:44:27.283+02:00Not Done Yet For This Year.<p> It was two and a half hours from home to the marina. I still haven't decided which is the quickest way once leaving the motorway yet, but it only the first time we have done the trip after all. The boat looked great and was lovely and dry inside and out. The weather was sunny and warm here in the Midlands, dull but not cold, or as warm as at the marina when we left home.</p><p><br /></p><p>We soon had the 'stuff' loaded, all the checks done, everything switched on etc. and then we decided that as it was just a little after 3pm we would leave and head out to get a few miles in, and the Calcutt Locks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByuCtV1nRsvDBMjBlIJ_L1Zz19triVHVlzJ2HUBMxsU4wFwCmS9HOC6xda0uE1TGTuM_zi08TBEYA-UNFhNEgMZS5ubtgQNYPL0flQ79ZitJ9OlNMkjT5zSQlsd9PoNL-9yTYdeh-4c4wKehAjL5TWgZ8NUq5GPPYwBTRto1CYFGV5qGsLGxjoGIyCWE/s5184/IMG_6398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByuCtV1nRsvDBMjBlIJ_L1Zz19triVHVlzJ2HUBMxsU4wFwCmS9HOC6xda0uE1TGTuM_zi08TBEYA-UNFhNEgMZS5ubtgQNYPL0flQ79ZitJ9OlNMkjT5zSQlsd9PoNL-9yTYdeh-4c4wKehAjL5TWgZ8NUq5GPPYwBTRto1CYFGV5qGsLGxjoGIyCWE/w609-h458/IMG_6398.JPG" width="609" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first lock was empty and as there was nobody down the straight leading to the locks behind us we started on the way up. There was a boat just coming down No.2 so that was nice and easy then there was a bit of waiting as a Calcutt hire boat had just come down the top lock to futtle about getting stern to for the hirers to get their gear off. Why they closed the gate I'm not sure, but as we had to wait for them to clear the approach to the lock nothing lost. When we hired I was always cross when the 'professionals' at the marina insisted on doing the maneuvering around the marina/basin. It was the best bit of the whole week and I was denied it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdbd74RGPKGorAUs4JyRahtjD7ErZosmbPelPcMJuXSeosZXsiqCHBBoyDDn6vF5mZra2TePqvSEiDLT7u12zFhYGim7tVsd88ZwddBMzEKiAmjnsN6jLmMR7c_x2L5t7GwoVobSs60XecnpecaoCFBQFYHP8X625PCEBpzMTpu3k_G8JUHC-QzAk-3s/s5184/IMG_6399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdbd74RGPKGorAUs4JyRahtjD7ErZosmbPelPcMJuXSeosZXsiqCHBBoyDDn6vF5mZra2TePqvSEiDLT7u12zFhYGim7tVsd88ZwddBMzEKiAmjnsN6jLmMR7c_x2L5t7GwoVobSs60XecnpecaoCFBQFYHP8X625PCEBpzMTpu3k_G8JUHC-QzAk-3s/w620-h465/IMG_6399.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We approached Napton Junction as a boat sped past. When we got there it was clear. Which way did we turn?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-70Ry6OinGkzKqSLikalA1jsCe5rap1ZhqsT5Z8GJDBJXVrZHSETMIJEpVWdl2KLIpMA_B7bPhBHvok6V7XUl4Y4LmB8CfEAALXZotK8orV3igOmJkUieDRIvjIWkyZK93EdsnPMOWrE2wRagBAD4m5_eRGcnhlJiS2KT9Mu9gdmaKElUk6qP5-38GP0/s5184/IMG_6400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-70Ry6OinGkzKqSLikalA1jsCe5rap1ZhqsT5Z8GJDBJXVrZHSETMIJEpVWdl2KLIpMA_B7bPhBHvok6V7XUl4Y4LmB8CfEAALXZotK8orV3igOmJkUieDRIvjIWkyZK93EdsnPMOWrE2wRagBAD4m5_eRGcnhlJiS2KT9Mu9gdmaKElUk6qP5-38GP0/w633-h475/IMG_6400.JPG" width="633" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our new horn was utilised as we went under the bridge. Not very boaty but nice and loud and was only £5. Does the job well. Well which way are we going to turn?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ73LFKlLjhB_YE8729OXRnsrVvwkSgNXxMvAG8XRSEtzG5Rf1w41Lga0c1wsgvpQ2-WG4_hbSf9CWGhqW371eWDb2IaFA6YKAgNLTnZRF_nK4gObV_nryyGsDj5XzezBRO2K4rySS3vZBvFPiEqORZoriHwtM5KcHdHQtCMyGf5q3LFzwo-kob78exHA/s5184/IMG_6401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ73LFKlLjhB_YE8729OXRnsrVvwkSgNXxMvAG8XRSEtzG5Rf1w41Lga0c1wsgvpQ2-WG4_hbSf9CWGhqW371eWDb2IaFA6YKAgNLTnZRF_nK4gObV_nryyGsDj5XzezBRO2K4rySS3vZBvFPiEqORZoriHwtM5KcHdHQtCMyGf5q3LFzwo-kob78exHA/w627-h471/IMG_6401.JPG" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the sign post tells you now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rURdTq1KUFoaltRPHu6YQyHEZFqP594FsrOumzbtfx-Nj_j_JizA90W24-i4ijvbnSJIJuj0A1RxmHGzRlsm1o4RDt9OVxSRXbrpWdwqTjQDHA4voQZVb8kCoNKPhOIemvgkPlFE-BfgRWVTfexc43WhPw1ECvrH1024_dFGQQwbqcwviuOLA5MVAw8/s5184/IMG_6405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rURdTq1KUFoaltRPHu6YQyHEZFqP594FsrOumzbtfx-Nj_j_JizA90W24-i4ijvbnSJIJuj0A1RxmHGzRlsm1o4RDt9OVxSRXbrpWdwqTjQDHA4voQZVb8kCoNKPhOIemvgkPlFE-BfgRWVTfexc43WhPw1ECvrH1024_dFGQQwbqcwviuOLA5MVAw8/w405-h540/IMG_6405.JPG" width="405" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moored up soon after the turn after meeting more boats than we expected at this time of a Sunday evening. Maybe this photo will confirm our direction? If you look closely, that is.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXI9ySa9yulhEsXh2u5K_vvFZxgjLXBqlxQwVUPphRsT1PEa42leVf6PsIkLzbDEW7qHqqkGCL1LtuAI_kvmk1abeUbeGRDyZHOLLKcwVNNsYw7bn0Kr0YghwHVzvRr0eLxFWBSK9Cm7KGWtojqLk6wlOu7sPycLvFE73NttKrzBIS164LC8iGo8aeSTc/s5184/IMG_6404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXI9ySa9yulhEsXh2u5K_vvFZxgjLXBqlxQwVUPphRsT1PEa42leVf6PsIkLzbDEW7qHqqkGCL1LtuAI_kvmk1abeUbeGRDyZHOLLKcwVNNsYw7bn0Kr0YghwHVzvRr0eLxFWBSK9Cm7KGWtojqLk6wlOu7sPycLvFE73NttKrzBIS164LC8iGo8aeSTc/w645-h484/IMG_6404.JPG" width="645" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This should confirm it as we have a view of Napton Windmill up on the hill.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJxjbr4JueL7OOjA84ksRhB2v0iZcV-Hw6tGnM3nBfvZd9EN1KSBW_N-lG4Qblxud050fMEzyZjCx5ei7EPXehjkNQhyphenhyphen47F8KcMQK7dOrLA99KXbLQFLbCHXet-yvX9wp8pQfU9pifzo0ZlMfM3QI3oPOUT13Esp331RXjAvzPiQeWMuvEPetGm-65AM/s5184/IMG_6406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJxjbr4JueL7OOjA84ksRhB2v0iZcV-Hw6tGnM3nBfvZd9EN1KSBW_N-lG4Qblxud050fMEzyZjCx5ei7EPXehjkNQhyphenhyphen47F8KcMQK7dOrLA99KXbLQFLbCHXet-yvX9wp8pQfU9pifzo0ZlMfM3QI3oPOUT13Esp331RXjAvzPiQeWMuvEPetGm-65AM/w643-h481/IMG_6406.JPG" width="643" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The autumn light is so lovely and couldn't resist the bridge reflection just down from our mooring.</div><div><br /></div>Yep we are on the way to Oxford. Helen has checked at it seems that it was 2016 that we last did the south Oxford Canal, so we will see what I remember.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-90186110971357880012023-08-13T21:29:00.001+02:002023-08-13T21:29:30.413+02:00Not too busy Braunston Junction.<div style="text-align: left;"> It was a nice morning but boded a mixed bag of a day. That maybe why several boats were on the move early</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPCQweY01MIpbFVTV0uewslUSClz-nBT-cMKydvNhbgLUrLJPi6Wf3AAVhdQ20v3_9Oov6Al2eJ2qheXasZ9eqGGigsyy83pksf93l4cX1yemBHr71TzBZVQQlRl_1rmv2pn0D2SQ7dCTbSREHtT7pQYvzTTC_3mnW7eJWBBW37xO4vrg-C4CRWF9MeQ/s5184/IMG_6039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPCQweY01MIpbFVTV0uewslUSClz-nBT-cMKydvNhbgLUrLJPi6Wf3AAVhdQ20v3_9Oov6Al2eJ2qheXasZ9eqGGigsyy83pksf93l4cX1yemBHr71TzBZVQQlRl_1rmv2pn0D2SQ7dCTbSREHtT7pQYvzTTC_3mnW7eJWBBW37xO4vrg-C4CRWF9MeQ/w614-h461/IMG_6039.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first place of note Willoughby Wharf by Bridge 85. It turns out that this was a very busy wharf. It had been run by the Mill family for at least three generations. There were lime kilns there and it was traded along with coal. Timber was dealt with, along with hay and many other things. When the new railway, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway extension tracks, was being laid it gained much traffic as a base was set up here, where the new track was at its closest. Materials were brought in from all over. By the track a store, office, carpenter's shop,blacksmiths and an engine shed were set up around 1894. It had a serious fire in 1897.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7sBuj-r-pwKPktfBo_SaYOG2uPxaQdtCgR2GvnFXMwJ6V7_GZpVObgaiRI3HkFrZqtj2p-R68DEIsyiIhJHw7xAqf0_DwxhTNhs622T_NIzsv9A5q5ZhFrCfD-VDOP8H2R9pPxwZoET6tlXD5OgCjtP6mmFM7pPeImlFmhwUsgcK1eT8QqCfKJ66SUc/s5184/IMG_6040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7sBuj-r-pwKPktfBo_SaYOG2uPxaQdtCgR2GvnFXMwJ6V7_GZpVObgaiRI3HkFrZqtj2p-R68DEIsyiIhJHw7xAqf0_DwxhTNhs622T_NIzsv9A5q5ZhFrCfD-VDOP8H2R9pPxwZoET6tlXD5OgCjtP6mmFM7pPeImlFmhwUsgcK1eT8QqCfKJ66SUc/w602-h452/IMG_6040.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is looking back at the wharf as I had to take evasive action for the boat just seen. Just up from the wharf was the Navigation pub that was also run by the Mills family </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLvsTHo2DlsiVPN_D7Wweoqjp5n82HUbmzweC4to6zIds5Gazural6bfN6h6OTevBjoZVJVGrgSxF-kW0TJJuq7BwJbQbIiGsyg7BymqXGwhZqUD92veCzVgBS8F0rApoR4bRoXbmGgBbGZ6uqqWvebTRIe_wR-MeKa1-LokUkbdHRNQIF0SU7ueCeKw/s5184/IMG_6041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLvsTHo2DlsiVPN_D7Wweoqjp5n82HUbmzweC4to6zIds5Gazural6bfN6h6OTevBjoZVJVGrgSxF-kW0TJJuq7BwJbQbIiGsyg7BymqXGwhZqUD92veCzVgBS8F0rApoR4bRoXbmGgBbGZ6uqqWvebTRIe_wR-MeKa1-LokUkbdHRNQIF0SU7ueCeKw/w596-h448/IMG_6041.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we approached Brauston boats were coming thick and fast and it was nice to see the old windmill and the church too. We would soon be there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GAY0m-6_PPU2sxWr-JwBztM5CBEJem-EqkmxoUJqphz6C7UUPdaUlMAQdU6aF7_CPSHKdqovG7MmqykEofBlCk2ADznmrHuEqgZAHJ7GYlqWnBcA94xMObNS_fB6SUQq9Qta_Cxw6pg1DG0aXToUH9H2lhvXaFGQMvIiDFMS125Yg9so5482PyWNqoY/s5184/IMG_6042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GAY0m-6_PPU2sxWr-JwBztM5CBEJem-EqkmxoUJqphz6C7UUPdaUlMAQdU6aF7_CPSHKdqovG7MmqykEofBlCk2ADznmrHuEqgZAHJ7GYlqWnBcA94xMObNS_fB6SUQq9Qta_Cxw6pg1DG0aXToUH9H2lhvXaFGQMvIiDFMS125Yg9so5482PyWNqoY/w591-h443/IMG_6042.JPG" width="591" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Near the junction is this house and outbuilding. It looks like it has been there almost as long as the canal. I think that the outbuilding looks like stables but I may well be wrong. It got quite mizzley passing through Braunston Junction, but soon brightened up again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAvmU5dOzADWJJWO0RQAOzipBukD0TymTfrJQcghJIfiGPYmzZo-JVbe74VeS5tVVD0Wupes6frEpca-hLQScjo-N7y_HM5uedbUgdpQYS6AMx4PJWyJziULiCnSUrFrKDTtdznRVhFgATiVzVYNGmCTyp5DndOhy5lFw8ay6qt8wC1Phn_eQoakhhaw/s5184/IMG_6043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAvmU5dOzADWJJWO0RQAOzipBukD0TymTfrJQcghJIfiGPYmzZo-JVbe74VeS5tVVD0Wupes6frEpca-hLQScjo-N7y_HM5uedbUgdpQYS6AMx4PJWyJziULiCnSUrFrKDTtdznRVhFgATiVzVYNGmCTyp5DndOhy5lFw8ay6qt8wC1Phn_eQoakhhaw/w587-h440/IMG_6043.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are still some fields to harvest but a lot is in and in the sun the countryside looks lovely.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5CA9cS-q6OP7Yu74ZaeTLQft341385wFdNqKBgx9Jhl8HUrkbAGXLfpcCoYwi6tzI5LVSgXl7pQLBy3QHRDHRjQcn6ZyDoo7qXWq1dYJHFEjZP31v3EWzarBz9Z5EvI05GMR18jqONIDK4djGnQ4HAWCPN3t3qYk-iSG_Sho7rm7bEOcvbBl7GUdq_A/s5184/IMG_6045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5CA9cS-q6OP7Yu74ZaeTLQft341385wFdNqKBgx9Jhl8HUrkbAGXLfpcCoYwi6tzI5LVSgXl7pQLBy3QHRDHRjQcn6ZyDoo7qXWq1dYJHFEjZP31v3EWzarBz9Z5EvI05GMR18jqONIDK4djGnQ4HAWCPN3t3qYk-iSG_Sho7rm7bEOcvbBl7GUdq_A/w581-h436/IMG_6045.JPG" width="581" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just by bridge 101 somewhere was this new build house with wopping great wings on it. It is obviously not completed as there are no windows in. I can't find anything on line with a cursory look, but I can't imagine who would want a house like this, and white, in our weather. Maybe Americans, or a religious school or something. Anybody any ideas/news? I will dig a bit deeper when I get home as the internet is a bit slow tonight.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqFG9yG-zJ8Ff56iEZ7irf4WFfk8XymKHSZr3PyDBzqqpjm8p6Q36U_JYxmfaKDXgi0RpP7VH11Xi1987lxEXLb5ejL0jkvnv7nkDohdF4Qc7c9GBKu-h7d465toRnOZTkJQcngONEmiPjs20AkPCpbXhkJk6z11fGouOE_tUw_4AYkKHOS7aNaVc2ds/s5184/IMG_6047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqFG9yG-zJ8Ff56iEZ7irf4WFfk8XymKHSZr3PyDBzqqpjm8p6Q36U_JYxmfaKDXgi0RpP7VH11Xi1987lxEXLb5ejL0jkvnv7nkDohdF4Qc7c9GBKu-h7d465toRnOZTkJQcngONEmiPjs20AkPCpbXhkJk6z11fGouOE_tUw_4AYkKHOS7aNaVc2ds/w651-h489/IMG_6047.JPG" width="651" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lower Shuckburgh was another busy wharf which had a coal and lime wharves, granaries, stores, stables and a house with outbuildings, yard, garden and orchard. In the 1820 a layer of workable clay had been found on the site and a brick works had been set up with kilns, hovels, sheds and brick yards. I think the building in the picture is the old granary. Where the main road crosses the canal a little west of the village was another wharf close by the road that had lime kilns that were not longer in use by 1888.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdwYKjIhnN1I-OtJyiOGS9cNRmQJoui6-M1lTYWlLEAORTk89LUOxNCjgT87qnxEY8WrR-Q6M1TUX4llC-1z0jxvaOLlx8smWXQXjGG6RDKROO5DPI7NBr6A_BHHWZRN3Pu4os5R1P_nfOb5vOC98tzrb0W8f7MyjFgUXYsNvxLW3H9eJpdVJTEzkf0E/s5184/IMG_6048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdwYKjIhnN1I-OtJyiOGS9cNRmQJoui6-M1lTYWlLEAORTk89LUOxNCjgT87qnxEY8WrR-Q6M1TUX4llC-1z0jxvaOLlx8smWXQXjGG6RDKROO5DPI7NBr6A_BHHWZRN3Pu4os5R1P_nfOb5vOC98tzrb0W8f7MyjFgUXYsNvxLW3H9eJpdVJTEzkf0E/w631-h473/IMG_6048.JPG" width="631" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Napton Junction was soon with us. The boat ahead of us had swung down there so we thought we would have a lock buddy for our first double lock in a few years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSp0sM1ZSzTPjr7q-z0QaREq4tXALpoyQ_6JQ34tro4LYcW5SFM0PFswa9LDbKzyeONxVpzDsF2fFxEduYMTtN5WqBYDYkcxf8DEqFygne3zQLIfzvQUVDBn4pY1fSg_ly1Frq6JWKe4-orn3X-pCQu32GAVB1ZZeE7v11NSEsed8Db-Ch-7peSPAdI4/s5184/IMG_6049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSp0sM1ZSzTPjr7q-z0QaREq4tXALpoyQ_6JQ34tro4LYcW5SFM0PFswa9LDbKzyeONxVpzDsF2fFxEduYMTtN5WqBYDYkcxf8DEqFygne3zQLIfzvQUVDBn4pY1fSg_ly1Frq6JWKe4-orn3X-pCQu32GAVB1ZZeE7v11NSEsed8Db-Ch-7peSPAdI4/w621-h466/IMG_6049.JPG" width="621" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I assume the lovely house at the junction was a lengthsmans house as well a toll office for the start of the Warwick and Napton Canal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boat we thought we would be able to share with stopped for water and as there was a boat coming up we went down alone. As we lowered down a boat left the mooring before the next lock so we shared with them. They had been having a lot of electrical work done. His engine alarm was going off all the time. By the time we had gone down lock 2 he was overheating so stopped, and we went down No. 3 on our own again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGbPEOf9M5hmynC83u1IvytNpH7lZxB-6ylzM0w33vnZQ80MbNYFkZj1O6x61MMaLkgbp_XjVF-i0zYlnFlyF1WweX909Y5F-zGR_K_RLX8g5zzlS7LEzTlRlcuo-SyZ28pVXB3XUssFH19YfZt0sntQnEJNa3LlFn8Fp8BOeP-fuYbV1pVNeoY96MuY/s5184/IMG_6050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGbPEOf9M5hmynC83u1IvytNpH7lZxB-6ylzM0w33vnZQ80MbNYFkZj1O6x61MMaLkgbp_XjVF-i0zYlnFlyF1WweX909Y5F-zGR_K_RLX8g5zzlS7LEzTlRlcuo-SyZ28pVXB3XUssFH19YfZt0sntQnEJNa3LlFn8Fp8BOeP-fuYbV1pVNeoY96MuY/w632-h474/IMG_6050.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We turned into the first entrance of Ventnor Marina and made for the service wharf in the first section of the two basins that are not connected. We called Steve and they came and gave us our fuel and a bottle of gas that had run out yesterday!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHTq94K23OKgL_Lyk8xe3ALoN3dRIW7ScYt8o0Ru6WsWi2ujXa6omy1YcnxO38WpxLEXwcOyj6k8hW-fYuTgUKRJtUnR3bngVjjkFLmUhUrRTREcO8zsq6cblcPrbNaMV3Y9uUf52eXCXECLcZ7s4oMAFuO83b7FtJUmw7cmYc2zQpl-N2fhMipiq-mA/s5184/IMG_6052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHTq94K23OKgL_Lyk8xe3ALoN3dRIW7ScYt8o0Ru6WsWi2ujXa6omy1YcnxO38WpxLEXwcOyj6k8hW-fYuTgUKRJtUnR3bngVjjkFLmUhUrRTREcO8zsq6cblcPrbNaMV3Y9uUf52eXCXECLcZ7s4oMAFuO83b7FtJUmw7cmYc2zQpl-N2fhMipiq-mA/w309-h232/IMG_6052.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-At6c93i97bGXwWk0_3z6XkP1_L2h_Gl0hwAjv1aOhMYOn1iRyfVw7AxqsiyIexPiNsvhmbjxzYTOT1QoefD2HKQ27HIGJMtozP_ftOspsUUE_VC_-d622mrr_Oio1Ooc1dwVIEVs61EJ1rKCZxq3bsQUGfXPAJTwqiDUrql4cu4vrJT3RaKidJsyYU/s5184/IMG_6051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-At6c93i97bGXwWk0_3z6XkP1_L2h_Gl0hwAjv1aOhMYOn1iRyfVw7AxqsiyIexPiNsvhmbjxzYTOT1QoefD2HKQ27HIGJMtozP_ftOspsUUE_VC_-d622mrr_Oio1Ooc1dwVIEVs61EJ1rKCZxq3bsQUGfXPAJTwqiDUrql4cu4vrJT3RaKidJsyYU/w309-h232/IMG_6051.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was to be our new home. We will obviously have to up our gave as the basin is littered with Braidbar boats and all seem to be polished and no rust showing. It is lovely and quiet and seems quite spacious too. I reckon we will have to get the hang of getting in and out with the wind, but shouldn't be too bad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Off back to get the car tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-56361028600857561872023-08-12T21:02:00.002+02:002023-08-12T21:02:42.363+02:00Rolling through Rugby.<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not that it kept me awake at night, but every waking hour there was the sign of barking dogs in the distance. I looked and found a kennels and cattery not too far away. One or two of the dogs there seem to have a problem as they never stopped. There was sun when we got up to make the tea, but it was pretty windy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDv3bz-D7nu8m6Afk5Ym0wzgyDmNo4-1cyzyYemFKh1P8vBER1Ep8RdkUB769I7p7ZqNBrYuz5iq1cO4KmJwRaP5bSZf8RJT_EkYprI2hfF5HHaqkVHrU2BJn5RIsxtt9l8LwRzWdsviR0oc4cevcNDV-JrMsaH-hxnRN9QwSBpl8hJ2Zd6zEsnfQRmc/s5184/IMG_6014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDv3bz-D7nu8m6Afk5Ym0wzgyDmNo4-1cyzyYemFKh1P8vBER1Ep8RdkUB769I7p7ZqNBrYuz5iq1cO4KmJwRaP5bSZf8RJT_EkYprI2hfF5HHaqkVHrU2BJn5RIsxtt9l8LwRzWdsviR0oc4cevcNDV-JrMsaH-hxnRN9QwSBpl8hJ2Zd6zEsnfQRmc/w601-h451/IMG_6014.JPG" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All Oaks Wood was quiet and not at its best, plus there are definitely other trees than oaks to be seen. What is that all about!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pdh4tS_5L4Naq96TQa3MB3WzzJY90B_dzYTmqFCdcztBNEsEs5BzE6eaQA6_uWmfRQQLjY11R7ZeKDwEBiUq5Xe_6Cy7YXTL58sxCSUqgqVNKHvfO8XIqfCQc-c96GsShWNHaOFO_fzPrIB5x6iDcdmCdFxf_e1sdboBAmYXOzKlR04ZYbMj338vJuU/s5184/IMG_6015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pdh4tS_5L4Naq96TQa3MB3WzzJY90B_dzYTmqFCdcztBNEsEs5BzE6eaQA6_uWmfRQQLjY11R7ZeKDwEBiUq5Xe_6Cy7YXTL58sxCSUqgqVNKHvfO8XIqfCQc-c96GsShWNHaOFO_fzPrIB5x6iDcdmCdFxf_e1sdboBAmYXOzKlR04ZYbMj338vJuU/w605-h455/IMG_6015.JPG" width="605" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The building by Bridge 35, just through All Oaks Wood is the Boat Inn Cottage. I wondered how long ago it was a pub. I can see that it went for auction in 1856 but didn't seel. It had a small farm attached then. In 1864, on the death of the owner William Johnson, it went for sale again. It was detailed as having stabling for 12 horses, a barn, a wagon hovel, piggeries and a large garden. There was also a coal wharf. The house had a shop on the ground floor with shop, storeroom, parlour and tap room along with a brew house and four bedrooms upstairs. Johnson was also a boat owner. When the owner in 1899, Joseph Burdett, went bankrupt it was sold again, and the last time I can see it that it was licenced was following the death of the owner Fred. Hales it was sold and the licence lapsed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaemkxAd35_4yootHJm6MBW9I1ROE2Qi6WLmfqxutBGyNu4FqiatTCl0OjkyCaxy8U7SdEPVflfHYr-P3NVgOMzEtXp0GURHn5p3avMZUWppX6Y1B3f_5gUcoU8429AGQjJv0YE8ShNWrfgY64OhXSn9ceeX2C2vrmjzHJ5BlwzDEFqvamj89kaohQXzY/s5184/IMG_6018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaemkxAd35_4yootHJm6MBW9I1ROE2Qi6WLmfqxutBGyNu4FqiatTCl0OjkyCaxy8U7SdEPVflfHYr-P3NVgOMzEtXp0GURHn5p3avMZUWppX6Y1B3f_5gUcoU8429AGQjJv0YE8ShNWrfgY64OhXSn9ceeX2C2vrmjzHJ5BlwzDEFqvamj89kaohQXzY/w626-h470/IMG_6018.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is interesting to note the old legs of the contour canal come thick and fast, and looking in Pearson's Guide helps to pass the time trying to spot where it joined and left the current canal. The old line hugged the 300 ft. contour and was a distance of 36 miles between the Coventry Canal, and Braunston Junction. By the later 1820's civil engineering had come on leaps and bounds and the canal was 'straightened' by Cubitt who made his name through railway work. The end result was the mileage was cut by 14 miles! These Horseley Works bridges are dated 1828.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMDx8Qodi_0hwwiY8nWweO8MYAffPIbKQQuLWMHhE5mnhn1q_InVMgMYhbw4APE0OjOszlBExuTGty0bZQpS18QwZUdpGRIA3IvQYCFfaWpdIgkHoeQ4UWROs-xwTarCC-JxeTo6NCHQ5Mp_Qyb4z2kdDuwTehgLf1JzjZ7pRWUQ6xivDKvlMkRDCHmM/s5184/IMG_6019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMDx8Qodi_0hwwiY8nWweO8MYAffPIbKQQuLWMHhE5mnhn1q_InVMgMYhbw4APE0OjOszlBExuTGty0bZQpS18QwZUdpGRIA3IvQYCFfaWpdIgkHoeQ4UWROs-xwTarCC-JxeTo6NCHQ5Mp_Qyb4z2kdDuwTehgLf1JzjZ7pRWUQ6xivDKvlMkRDCHmM/w598-h449/IMG_6019.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new Newbold Tunnel is two boats wide and actually has two towpaths, only one in use now. It is 250 yds long. The old route came out roughly where the canal boat is in the picture but has made a large loop to the right, under the road and under the church. The old tunnel was only about 130 yds long. You can still see one of the portals if you can to find it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZyz9DhZHkJK9HnlbWFz1tWghJUMUWnK25zXKp1kjCrx8DcsN26ym2gWO-uLrn8X0HQDuxV4ti1tD1hKwwbGtknfn0c_Vg0wg8nnfeUKIl7p3tkon-SiKsom6ImDaEozmp6Ax5Ytl1zdYrCY78WtplvReuFUDLBrAs5oTyGzvmgMOhq6oSV2nX_hmio8/s5184/IMG_6022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZyz9DhZHkJK9HnlbWFz1tWghJUMUWnK25zXKp1kjCrx8DcsN26ym2gWO-uLrn8X0HQDuxV4ti1tD1hKwwbGtknfn0c_Vg0wg8nnfeUKIl7p3tkon-SiKsom6ImDaEozmp6Ax5Ytl1zdYrCY78WtplvReuFUDLBrAs5oTyGzvmgMOhq6oSV2nX_hmio8/w594-h446/IMG_6022.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you approach Rugby you can see why the original canal builders followed the contours as it meant they could avoid this road bridge and a little further the crossing of the River Swift, and later the River Avon. There was not too much chaos at the Tesco moorings nearby the water points, there was even places to stop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjON904kLGJr2zeOF-M4QniIlPro3ekAPcEM7bcLVynH7yBWn1SbWYfNphhJ1Qx-E4qjyuvEfI1iKte8Yn8FUVti5WT0U6pgoGtXn09P2JGz5OanqRh9wuSNykDAQth_ViV0UHb6RAgnVaDfU8NbTwUVq7gesV02nRNdeuSFY50zsfZ53QTDrBzcCh8k/s5184/IMG_6024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjON904kLGJr2zeOF-M4QniIlPro3ekAPcEM7bcLVynH7yBWn1SbWYfNphhJ1Qx-E4qjyuvEfI1iKte8Yn8FUVti5WT0U6pgoGtXn09P2JGz5OanqRh9wuSNykDAQth_ViV0UHb6RAgnVaDfU8NbTwUVq7gesV02nRNdeuSFY50zsfZ53QTDrBzcCh8k/w616-h462/IMG_6024.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the new (to us) bridge that takes a road to the new housing complex that has been built on the site of the old Aerial site of Rugby Radio. It used to be on all the radio dials of old. It was the largest transmitter site in the World for many years. It opened in 1926 and was at its peak in the 1950's. The site was sold off in 2007 and I'm sure the aerials were still standing the last time we came through here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcL15t1qevD3pG3zA1qpT17fRgnvZDhcq2sQsWPf52EpJyRPOp8gTyM0zh3eeQj_vNig29H6zprpEcCAFIiu-AGT_sGgT0vp5g_X1zoCNcEH3mdzqGhhT6h8-IyrNiVcU8AepaTU-ohlhcmrUBYk_34LtQzysxCwR_mJRdP5TNJaq_gxMclKWWyLeNSM/s5184/IMG_6026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcL15t1qevD3pG3zA1qpT17fRgnvZDhcq2sQsWPf52EpJyRPOp8gTyM0zh3eeQj_vNig29H6zprpEcCAFIiu-AGT_sGgT0vp5g_X1zoCNcEH3mdzqGhhT6h8-IyrNiVcU8AepaTU-ohlhcmrUBYk_34LtQzysxCwR_mJRdP5TNJaq_gxMclKWWyLeNSM/w591-h444/IMG_6026.JPG" width="591" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WE waited for a small cruiser to come down the first lock at Hillmorton with a young volunteer Lockie helping. We were soon at the top with another one to help. It has been a quiet season we were told with less hire boat traffic than usual!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfTE4aRJ15FZok6sCYpg1NtimFz8lBw-sHRE8VWU3tjbOSIAXKPvgW6Nccid6BSDJRhV6kfixJQAxMWwVaVwU0oUgWXI5a5fsjMXjkcZSjjn9epo7vTmNfam4VC3VMhfWDJbVwjsAnPzV32a9rgbDw_Br7BYpVxy6AX5c5j8p4GIa44YuakqsA7J8lNk/s5184/IMG_6028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfTE4aRJ15FZok6sCYpg1NtimFz8lBw-sHRE8VWU3tjbOSIAXKPvgW6Nccid6BSDJRhV6kfixJQAxMWwVaVwU0oUgWXI5a5fsjMXjkcZSjjn9epo7vTmNfam4VC3VMhfWDJbVwjsAnPzV32a9rgbDw_Br7BYpVxy6AX5c5j8p4GIa44YuakqsA7J8lNk/w587-h440/IMG_6028.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is just part of the new housing complex. It looks like it will eventually be a 'new town'of sorts as it has new schools etc and is not nearly completed as yet.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KGATqvVBuUMQIUMEnRNfazkaZUla5KYqM8UnuIOWn7ThpbRFV2Z3oCSXlHqwdCe_X-hQVYXg23ZXaCkOt_zrtBSFKuiMBrZ8J8wtu6bkY_meeZo3-68fGUU_rmdg-446waxcUFq4cvl0OWJrmCOBEhU3IAFCpveGG1_3NR5zidF5ynXXfhEpT9ws1hQ/s5184/IMG_6030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KGATqvVBuUMQIUMEnRNfazkaZUla5KYqM8UnuIOWn7ThpbRFV2Z3oCSXlHqwdCe_X-hQVYXg23ZXaCkOt_zrtBSFKuiMBrZ8J8wtu6bkY_meeZo3-68fGUU_rmdg-446waxcUFq4cvl0OWJrmCOBEhU3IAFCpveGG1_3NR5zidF5ynXXfhEpT9ws1hQ/w623-h467/IMG_6030.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I noticed this ghost sign on the Waterside Inn at Hillmorton. As far as I can see it says 'The Royal Oak, ales and stouts, Wines and spirits' but I can't make out the last line. It was the Roal Oak until after WWII when it became the Old Royal Oak until very recently, when it has become a Hungry Horse pub called the Waterside.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmJNAYn1jJFyFEptCHw1tIQJ1w2B3BKP1RuvUDmcCPZokHSHwta1ISZcM_3kgGJnqruvDOXxOjnBF2YitenXNpHFB3B-ErBbXqGvI7UGKryiL4sn2KcVW4mwBgzjNahSq4KHv840koTgOMqQXOLpOduXLauZRyeDJY7W_03riTR330429EjJ3rj1vksk/s5184/IMG_6031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmJNAYn1jJFyFEptCHw1tIQJ1w2B3BKP1RuvUDmcCPZokHSHwta1ISZcM_3kgGJnqruvDOXxOjnBF2YitenXNpHFB3B-ErBbXqGvI7UGKryiL4sn2KcVW4mwBgzjNahSq4KHv840koTgOMqQXOLpOduXLauZRyeDJY7W_03riTR330429EjJ3rj1vksk/w603-h452/IMG_6031.JPG" width="603" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The building to the left certainly looks like an old warehouse, and coal was being sold from what is Hillmorton Wharf at 71/2d a cwt in 1791, Seven pence ha'penny a hundredweight to our younger readers. It has dealt in deals and timber, hay, corn, sand and lime over the years. In the 1970's the area buy the boat became a boat building and repair yard and in 1977 the small basin was dug for moorings. It seems to be getting a makeover at the moment.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDN0hIEYaSrlnOHNiRLm3N_THfLKg_ABzmFipuhnjXvxIsI5zQgLPRH5Mz0ENKdnf2ppII5FV8SKPPVoT_2Qjcqdr32R9DnABTWod9RVNQR4ExUFIsW3SO4h6CL8ffUg6rYWkEKa2uFARv5HMCdJvdlifFgrS5rjZFJZr-voGx9r6uL8I4tjxG0EyX6rw/s5184/IMG_6033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDN0hIEYaSrlnOHNiRLm3N_THfLKg_ABzmFipuhnjXvxIsI5zQgLPRH5Mz0ENKdnf2ppII5FV8SKPPVoT_2Qjcqdr32R9DnABTWod9RVNQR4ExUFIsW3SO4h6CL8ffUg6rYWkEKa2uFARv5HMCdJvdlifFgrS5rjZFJZr-voGx9r6uL8I4tjxG0EyX6rw/w615-h462/IMG_6033.JPG" width="615" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just down from Hill Morton is this strange set of buildings now know as Wharf Farm. In Pearson's it sates that the buildings to the left was a former wharf and stables. On the 1886 map it shows the large building to the right was the Fox Inn. It doesn't mention a wharf at all, but may have been one. The buildings to the left do have the look of stables but may have been attached to the pub. By 1899 the pub has become Wharf Farm, which certainly implies there was one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eNAYgm1HR01zYiTDPJA_Vg8j8vcR2zv0DLPbTUjFE8Hh2iB_VrivMfAHFpiIjGLj-_spyNMaHtO0TG9SoFCQr-wWJEpdLrxXmeNObVTW0gLoz-EC_ZeQJq_tCGzOzpVWY9pGJKGa9WuL3E5Rhl74jPFl4NuB_wuY114P1uVMwOiqouaG5XDs26yviFg/s5184/IMG_6037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eNAYgm1HR01zYiTDPJA_Vg8j8vcR2zv0DLPbTUjFE8Hh2iB_VrivMfAHFpiIjGLj-_spyNMaHtO0TG9SoFCQr-wWJEpdLrxXmeNObVTW0gLoz-EC_ZeQJq_tCGzOzpVWY9pGJKGa9WuL3E5Rhl74jPFl4NuB_wuY114P1uVMwOiqouaG5XDs26yviFg/w604-h454/IMG_6037.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moored up just before Bridge 81, which is next to the Dunchurch Pools Marina. As soon as we were moored up and the side hatch open this swan family were poking their heads in and trying to snatch food from our hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a couple of showers through the day, but only one short one that was a little heavy and drove Helen inside.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35OEZ_d0oMlDScaRRIV9_LLEXA_EnIJCL1WXEIs9BroEESphnGcjlBj9kklH37raeBa6sTKO3SRtfbCS3QbPkgCOiW7wRldmqY5YnPabna6sPwRT5nlKDT04uclns59mpCYSGNvejraRkDApNNqXwaR1FKkVmPgdbyUOtKy-98DfDFR5RtlZEp5bvbcs/s5184/IMG_6038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35OEZ_d0oMlDScaRRIV9_LLEXA_EnIJCL1WXEIs9BroEESphnGcjlBj9kklH37raeBa6sTKO3SRtfbCS3QbPkgCOiW7wRldmqY5YnPabna6sPwRT5nlKDT04uclns59mpCYSGNvejraRkDApNNqXwaR1FKkVmPgdbyUOtKy-98DfDFR5RtlZEp5bvbcs/w442-h589/IMG_6038.JPG" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I set too to finish using all the off cuts of timber I had to make a shelf unit to go under our ladder at the rear door. It will make the stack of boots etc that get stuffed there that little bit tidier. I then refilled the stern galnd greaser and thought I had earned a sit down. Helen produced a cheeky little rose number, and out came the nuts, raisins and chocolates and a real Saturday afternoon was had!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having passed through I thought I may as well mention the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final. I was a rugby Union man myself, but Hull Kingston Rovers is our local league team to Hedon where we live. They got pipped by Leigh 16-17 with a golden point.</div><br /> <p></p>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-51973377945750758572023-08-11T23:25:00.001+02:002023-08-11T23:25:10.850+02:00On to the Oxford.<p> After a little more research I can see that after the Brick and Tile works closed the basin lay empty until 1936. Then it was taken over by the Warwickshire Canal Carrying Co. Ltd that converted it to a dry dock to service their newer motor canal boats. They move from nearby Black Bank. The W.C.C.C.ltd seem to have started about 1918 and I found a winding up order for them in 1968. However in 1959 I see that the Gilbert family were working for/with the company and they seem to have taken it on as they were advertising new builds and repairs at Charity Dock in 1972. There was also planning for a new house on the site in 1990 so I conclude it is the Gilbert family who are responsible for the dressed dummies and the dock as it is today.</p><div style="text-align: left;">We set of with the sun shining warmly through high cloud, and it stayed like that all day. Just as I was letting go a boat appeared and rather than push off in front I waited for them. They weren't going slowly, and they weren't going fast so we ambled along behind them. There was little evidence of the of the three arms and basins we passed so I will leave those for another time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOT6PW7U79tp5AVbwXU25ppMtMsU3KMd_C8DhhKt0cQS1ZN-8Nl5f3yxJhZ57nG9Cr86MncCCx1UYMNNs1MwjgfVYmdp4BwjOFy6CeEjKmf-7vk2qVFjyoQzLrAUeDEcAmwsJDx0KYZJNqVA_ai9uj2RePpRfPmcsnroYfY-yW5WxTwP9pnsw4SziVbds/s5184/IMG_5990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOT6PW7U79tp5AVbwXU25ppMtMsU3KMd_C8DhhKt0cQS1ZN-8Nl5f3yxJhZ57nG9Cr86MncCCx1UYMNNs1MwjgfVYmdp4BwjOFy6CeEjKmf-7vk2qVFjyoQzLrAUeDEcAmwsJDx0KYZJNqVA_ai9uj2RePpRfPmcsnroYfY-yW5WxTwP9pnsw4SziVbds/w630-h473/IMG_5990.JPG" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There seemed to be a bit of activity at the stop lock so I timed my turn to keep out of every bodies way. The boat ahead was waiting for the lock with one coming out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDxVpO_2tYCKkDwxtkWfrOs-3U8ImVGasmB_ibjvV8G0OoZvsT9aAykdF3c4_tv2ITt0tQW90XycZt4njQATeCVsHQ7xwMZDncaSX_6xovq1SvF-i0XyQIMJfIxUHgEmvjazxIKutkfkcWxmBHpRUfACX7lFqLzyIZExYrnBVyeHAdAciXd6SRVirGhQ/s5184/IMG_5992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDxVpO_2tYCKkDwxtkWfrOs-3U8ImVGasmB_ibjvV8G0OoZvsT9aAykdF3c4_tv2ITt0tQW90XycZt4njQATeCVsHQ7xwMZDncaSX_6xovq1SvF-i0XyQIMJfIxUHgEmvjazxIKutkfkcWxmBHpRUfACX7lFqLzyIZExYrnBVyeHAdAciXd6SRVirGhQ/w626-h470/IMG_5992.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He was blocking the exit from the lock so I landed outside the Greyhound, far enough back so that he could move clear. The bloke on the bridge shouted I was an excellent helm! What can I say!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrk6UonF4y55XqapoJcwP0zQLsIfMlHz-geIbUMUdErGdiIwxX4K6KLhgaKDb8iEMa3azqycSqteEHTMKcdzplbVTpTjjgVUeJYvr6PS2GJnyt2yUhqnVZg2vgohsqiG-6Ol7JGHntf81q2ED-38Rz76LF6LreA6JnHo22q6yQyAd7hqKLzrWvKbHVU0/s5184/IMG_5995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrk6UonF4y55XqapoJcwP0zQLsIfMlHz-geIbUMUdErGdiIwxX4K6KLhgaKDb8iEMa3azqycSqteEHTMKcdzplbVTpTjjgVUeJYvr6PS2GJnyt2yUhqnVZg2vgohsqiG-6Ol7JGHntf81q2ED-38Rz76LF6LreA6JnHo22q6yQyAd7hqKLzrWvKbHVU0/w619-h465/IMG_5995.JPG" width="619" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were soon through the lock and on to the Oxford. It is a good few years since we have sailed these waters now. This is the first of the arms and loops that were cut off when the canal was straightened. This led to Wyken Colliery, but is now the turf of the Coventry Cruising club.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5kf0aTWUvMMugVgWIJmeS0yhlikoPAbJbIepUoDbxBWrYRbBgNB3iLb2zURIws3RUI4_4uivowpb-JMqea6-ibI8HPsja9w9ztOvibS1qbjOrQ74r_CN5npYtJpKvrafel_B-AD8x6FPrkT1VNm4qa-kDb2j18cRLiQNZnd5WDUkDb1kRe_VeL0MtSo/s5184/IMG_5997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5kf0aTWUvMMugVgWIJmeS0yhlikoPAbJbIepUoDbxBWrYRbBgNB3iLb2zURIws3RUI4_4uivowpb-JMqea6-ibI8HPsja9w9ztOvibS1qbjOrQ74r_CN5npYtJpKvrafel_B-AD8x6FPrkT1VNm4qa-kDb2j18cRLiQNZnd5WDUkDb1kRe_VeL0MtSo/w610-h459/IMG_5997.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just after Ansty were the motor 'Corolla' and the butty ' Carina'. The were both sporting very elegant art work on the cratch boards celebrating the coronation this year. Corolla was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935 and Carina by Yarwood's in the same year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMlofYwBBBishj4pcyXEnbYFr0NFc135e-xJJshXRDB4hsumC0ZGFW3f7a6FAyJsHFNm3r1dX_ZRdUOGRGXszP82BZyiGilf1ZwTMnsM5YtX_fFq76k-eEDnT_bGKRDhrz6T5iRJErjOdtv0N2BDf0GEpODgldSx9IFOrEDBZaEV-wf_60n3fm9FkFXQ/s5184/IMG_6000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMlofYwBBBishj4pcyXEnbYFr0NFc135e-xJJshXRDB4hsumC0ZGFW3f7a6FAyJsHFNm3r1dX_ZRdUOGRGXszP82BZyiGilf1ZwTMnsM5YtX_fFq76k-eEDnT_bGKRDhrz6T5iRJErjOdtv0N2BDf0GEpODgldSx9IFOrEDBZaEV-wf_60n3fm9FkFXQ/w610-h458/IMG_6000.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ansty Hall replaced an earlier manor house in 1678 and the same family lived there until 1986. The costs of running it had got too much. The estate and all the buildings were on the market previously in 1956, but the house and adjacent land was withdrawn from the auction then. When putting it up for sale in 1986 it was thought that it would fetch around £250,000! That is around the average price of a house these days!! It was eventually bought by a hotel group who spent another £1 million on it and run it along with a golf course still.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvwyCQLFjvms6Z9y-hpWaQjkT5skhaoeI-bs16blVUYbfDn_fI-kT_Q9xmTjJU1VpJCzsh0gW-_QT1-0uIAYYW9Z0COICjrrxpd07TFnxu1d90f4NpSQDtBTUfAwIRjFqpILQlkwke2dr8kAQJnRsDBm3CSJNtplE2fmtLKVQSsBWZYupw3eOHRR2Z5w/s5184/IMG_6002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvwyCQLFjvms6Z9y-hpWaQjkT5skhaoeI-bs16blVUYbfDn_fI-kT_Q9xmTjJU1VpJCzsh0gW-_QT1-0uIAYYW9Z0COICjrrxpd07TFnxu1d90f4NpSQDtBTUfAwIRjFqpILQlkwke2dr8kAQJnRsDBm3CSJNtplE2fmtLKVQSsBWZYupw3eOHRR2Z5w/w600-h450/IMG_6002.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We heard nothing from the railway as we got closer so I was speculating that it was another strike day, and then four or five passed in short order. I do like a train journey.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwopIvU7CjB2m0aox6d-RWd4GfW8POanwL-FMXAb5fd3KXbqN5cVtw0Ft_FgoDqGdhtCRBI5BTZDaVHhLfWQmlwBGUuObEaNXNyvfmEm4bRIM8V-0XWEg0luNP5bAtsUS_dPzkkdxhuo-ggsY_hcvo7j490kOSMIKHv06M1rSPppCYcYg3rIQDGOFLOe0/s5184/IMG_6005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwopIvU7CjB2m0aox6d-RWd4GfW8POanwL-FMXAb5fd3KXbqN5cVtw0Ft_FgoDqGdhtCRBI5BTZDaVHhLfWQmlwBGUuObEaNXNyvfmEm4bRIM8V-0XWEg0luNP5bAtsUS_dPzkkdxhuo-ggsY_hcvo7j490kOSMIKHv06M1rSPppCYcYg3rIQDGOFLOe0/w598-h449/IMG_6005.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seemed that the small swing bridge at Stretton Stop was open as the boat ahead pottered through. There was one waiting just beyond to come through.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9njnFI_Hd49M6aw8inRqXaqw73oeZGF-6hytOwnIMIk_xA8QWV1UbEWyeVVBRbv3zP68LCdKTLYQj2rST0q3gOyPYSeHopkVu8YwjmHGgE7BiVRswl6lrm0hCm08YIWOoHEDd_7sVKyfu_g9uPOGUuVNT53oIN1RmcItWLzp-KQ-PuvyeldgmqpRiD4/s5184/IMG_6006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9njnFI_Hd49M6aw8inRqXaqw73oeZGF-6hytOwnIMIk_xA8QWV1UbEWyeVVBRbv3zP68LCdKTLYQj2rST0q3gOyPYSeHopkVu8YwjmHGgE7BiVRswl6lrm0hCm08YIWOoHEDd_7sVKyfu_g9uPOGUuVNT53oIN1RmcItWLzp-KQ-PuvyeldgmqpRiD4/w625-h469/IMG_6006.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who would have thought you would see an old spoon dredger at Streeton Stop. Apparently the hull dates from 1873 abd remains of the dredging equipment were found aboard, and some more in stores, and the rotten bits were fabricated from these remains. The windlass towards the bow is to pull the boat along the canal and the gantry lowers the 'spoon' and manpower digs and lifts and turns it into the boat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO18AyPhzWcvRk6qyZPMDh6nVgl3aF2jTA1wH86Fixq6hSBOART7Z93FFj-gb_Qbah2K6BhGD8uEauyX-7DFpZ1JN5XJk4dfxjVJvd5vs0ChbGApltUrCutRXM77OS8xaeJ6I-9LwEVIqZqxN6uvGhSxpUhQJapny8FEIyfE3QI8znTXbWCSac0NwihE/s5184/IMG_6007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO18AyPhzWcvRk6qyZPMDh6nVgl3aF2jTA1wH86Fixq6hSBOART7Z93FFj-gb_Qbah2K6BhGD8uEauyX-7DFpZ1JN5XJk4dfxjVJvd5vs0ChbGApltUrCutRXM77OS8xaeJ6I-9LwEVIqZqxN6uvGhSxpUhQJapny8FEIyfE3QI8znTXbWCSac0NwihE/w614-h461/IMG_6007.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is just another of the old loops but retains its cross over bridge. It is used as a winding hole only now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just as we were approaching the full moorings at Old Oak Wood the boat on the end was casting off. We let them go and then reversed into the slot. That will do nicely. I then set to making boxes to go under our back steeps to stow all the boats and shoes. I used the bits of buffalo board I had left and the old ones too. I have one more to make for the top step and the it will be finished.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJs6QRbnzcm7X_pNl9YepnzOcAJANZ5HGumAiIIg-V5pUGB6vE9OgIawqODBzcnc-9kHg1zpKssDLB9WBcDH1McJuhUPynknzOQvmVDUyOy2RADC0S3Rp1R8UeIr9GO_0K1JMvT2-4LNipmTHvf2NC5qE85bob0aEVtGb09h1TxNWp6NfE-eN6ngfkcg/s5184/IMG_6008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJs6QRbnzcm7X_pNl9YepnzOcAJANZ5HGumAiIIg-V5pUGB6vE9OgIawqODBzcnc-9kHg1zpKssDLB9WBcDH1McJuhUPynknzOQvmVDUyOy2RADC0S3Rp1R8UeIr9GO_0K1JMvT2-4LNipmTHvf2NC5qE85bob0aEVtGb09h1TxNWp6NfE-eN6ngfkcg/w610-h458/IMG_6008.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to head into Brinklow as I was well dehydrated and Helen didn't fancy cooking. Down the road and footpath over the fields to the Motte and Bailey. The ridge and furrow in the pasture was very evident. I'm not sure whether this is original or a much later construction just to maximise the amount of grass available. You can see the Motte in the distance. It was built by the Norman's to protect the Fosse Way, but was never very important and didn't last too long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a pint in the Raven, where the footpath came out onto the main street, and then walked round to the Bulls Head where they did food. I ate too much so was grateful for the walk back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FRtKOzngIIjiLIQs5vDE39Z40MpasvnawUStJRVDUrwpms7aW20aQ8oyWYm2fzBHfVCq9RY_z8yMhMIHp4SulFBbrJPX4MFRZWCZPJtLMweSthEHl-IfBqQjdZuBE3pJ_V2ouizZ8a-7IwOdhYOJQ8vtopJeIJWROfN39awh2XC4rVXnlYA0KCedqm8/s5184/IMG_6011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FRtKOzngIIjiLIQs5vDE39Z40MpasvnawUStJRVDUrwpms7aW20aQ8oyWYm2fzBHfVCq9RY_z8yMhMIHp4SulFBbrJPX4MFRZWCZPJtLMweSthEHl-IfBqQjdZuBE3pJ_V2ouizZ8a-7IwOdhYOJQ8vtopJeIJWROfN39awh2XC4rVXnlYA0KCedqm8/w412-h549/IMG_6011.JPG" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We passed the Brinklow War Memorial and it stood out as being very different and the words 'Peace and Reconciliation' made me think it must be more modern as after conflict it was unlikely that that wording would be used. It would take time to think that. It seems that the local ex servicemen managed to raise £8,000 and it was dedicated in 2014 to the 25 men from the village lost in the two world wars. What a nice memorial and refreshing wording too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNX2qZGP4GpPKdk_vB1VodKrLv2lk4G-H9GNROUXnMuJup44RgZShfxghik1uQJmHRHyPMt6KUxCRqZeHZHtZfmRF0I8SNefzJbd0RovtsGImcfQHw7eM2_5jZhZIZ-BifCw58dJptZKtonwPwmLw_vuALol38nI20sH3YXsDHmG4PARlqu-V9hut80/s5184/IMG_6012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNX2qZGP4GpPKdk_vB1VodKrLv2lk4G-H9GNROUXnMuJup44RgZShfxghik1uQJmHRHyPMt6KUxCRqZeHZHtZfmRF0I8SNefzJbd0RovtsGImcfQHw7eM2_5jZhZIZ-BifCw58dJptZKtonwPwmLw_vuALol38nI20sH3YXsDHmG4PARlqu-V9hut80/w413-h551/IMG_6012.JPG" width="413" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took the path past the church of St. John the Baptist that is almost built into the old tump or motte. We didn't try to enter as I was pretty sure it would be closed at the late hour. The walk back was just right to settle my tea down ready for digestion, and time to bash the blog out.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-2633345866541689312023-08-10T22:10:00.000+02:002023-08-10T22:10:01.654+02:00Wandering past the Wharves.<p> We were late getting off this morning as we went up the road for a lovely cooked breakfast up the road at the Old Bakery Cafe in Atherstone. We then had a look around the Charity shops and I bought a few things in a hardware store. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijy-R1_LZuVJwyxAcP6yu67eFV5Ftej5bNw5wqbe13b8G25TWmTg3pCyn4lQSLxXVlwkKKI21oT3bzmIqooQV7OhH2fajKwx1DGtVn0vvZqyLForJoJq2_wOytF0dIcpLS1VzGIPW8lMR_T61o7H1GUOV-MmsaQm_eIf_P_hnn9KKLeHgrHaVvnDt3K4A/s5184/IMG_5957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijy-R1_LZuVJwyxAcP6yu67eFV5Ftej5bNw5wqbe13b8G25TWmTg3pCyn4lQSLxXVlwkKKI21oT3bzmIqooQV7OhH2fajKwx1DGtVn0vvZqyLForJoJq2_wOytF0dIcpLS1VzGIPW8lMR_T61o7H1GUOV-MmsaQm_eIf_P_hnn9KKLeHgrHaVvnDt3K4A/w609-h457/IMG_5957.JPG" width="609" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boats were coming regularly and we slipped in to go up the next lock. However we just stopped beyond it to top up with water and then let them past. The services at the top of the locks can be very busy and thing top is nice and handy. It was pretty slow mind, but we were just topping up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0_5LWSPJzkduKMB_tG7Rgt68Cl4tQHMlnEz5M75yTDTP5Kf5p0p1kJHTkuNu4atLJxboVC2hBloNt4LVEPpVUlK_DdxiprJNbWg45lqcp_gNzs-X4yac9LkADAdJ0JCv4kmXiveebvxPtZFdFQHL90nMAuJ9_0m0HCLPb9F_Hdhd4K3Xp62FfG-tqic/s5184/IMG_5959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0_5LWSPJzkduKMB_tG7Rgt68Cl4tQHMlnEz5M75yTDTP5Kf5p0p1kJHTkuNu4atLJxboVC2hBloNt4LVEPpVUlK_DdxiprJNbWg45lqcp_gNzs-X4yac9LkADAdJ0JCv4kmXiveebvxPtZFdFQHL90nMAuJ9_0m0HCLPb9F_Hdhd4K3Xp62FfG-tqic/w627-h470/IMG_5959.JPG" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By Bridge 36 there are wharves either side of the bridge. The one nearest the camera was first and is on the 1886 OS map being served by a plateway from the Raspberry Knob Quarry in the hills above. Just this side of the road bridge is a narrow metal bridge that later, by 1901, carried the plateway onward to a siding on the London and Northwestern Railway near Mancetter. The wharf through the bridge is much more modern and seems to have been taken over by Rothen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7sAtnPYnFyUsUqKlx9MmNI0xVs1ikB2xgJqoh941KWseoLsPHlN8914y4_OoTNc2TQ59QO-GP4IGKaT6lDDZGxR0lDE0tHImxOEBI-_cKa5VZs1OH2TM2sDN-dKU4ZJhwadWWFGsgHiSrq0fQHFK4DB4siiO1xnoFbN2obYNnXTGruQf6qMIV6er3m4/s5184/IMG_5963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7sAtnPYnFyUsUqKlx9MmNI0xVs1ikB2xgJqoh941KWseoLsPHlN8914y4_OoTNc2TQ59QO-GP4IGKaT6lDDZGxR0lDE0tHImxOEBI-_cKa5VZs1OH2TM2sDN-dKU4ZJhwadWWFGsgHiSrq0fQHFK4DB4siiO1xnoFbN2obYNnXTGruQf6qMIV6er3m4/w590-h443/IMG_5963.JPG" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were four wharves that were connected to the quarries above Hartshill by plateways, and provided much work for road stone for canal boats. This is the one just through Bridge 30.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBAcrckABY4ymw_yqbg5d5NDZsqPjfHfm8BZMcuvRoz8-fkau7ECLXfrYeUh_XnERbJhRZfUTkbuXAMFfaHctbNw01P0vx-clbg4tAzqnpelhOgFXzotwCid2VTezcX52ZVhQEX67dIemFMN9B8nPPlJZ5xUno34mNpK0iURmwFZI505y7q0VZk17sRM/s5184/IMG_5965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBAcrckABY4ymw_yqbg5d5NDZsqPjfHfm8BZMcuvRoz8-fkau7ECLXfrYeUh_XnERbJhRZfUTkbuXAMFfaHctbNw01P0vx-clbg4tAzqnpelhOgFXzotwCid2VTezcX52ZVhQEX67dIemFMN9B8nPPlJZ5xUno34mNpK0iURmwFZI505y7q0VZk17sRM/w606-h454/IMG_5965.JPG" width="606" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This the one just past Bridge 29 and opposite the Anchor pub moorings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumsXMGFTrccIoOiafoR5TgYRGCsGWqiwJtrXO4Gnp7yxdFSSIB5gPedUVpJnh_OBntT2M-__jFpb0l2cuk04TsMlfQrShxRSwAbpxxgLmVuM0lw9oXGh299kfqJEiyFTSXz_A-UO_KRXCiZSskrH_MISQp1SJPnyrrwtkBxHQtNCoqtEZOdtmEfAmlAs/s5184/IMG_5966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumsXMGFTrccIoOiafoR5TgYRGCsGWqiwJtrXO4Gnp7yxdFSSIB5gPedUVpJnh_OBntT2M-__jFpb0l2cuk04TsMlfQrShxRSwAbpxxgLmVuM0lw9oXGh299kfqJEiyFTSXz_A-UO_KRXCiZSskrH_MISQp1SJPnyrrwtkBxHQtNCoqtEZOdtmEfAmlAs/w620-h465/IMG_5966.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the other end of the wharf above is the rail bridge that carried the narrow gauge railway over the canal to a siding on the main line railway before WWI. Although the little railway did not seem to pass under the bridge the wharf did extend and hence the arch for access.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8XsY2xYbWChrj6WcWHzzDmldWicTp21UeAioo-vtFxVEXF-2AoIJ71MoSQ__Jw71P4-BRg1QQzQ9BKmongVNsE6NAVF0FhKsQ_tFCM-eaI8IlhTWMPK7mZa-xhZo72lMfiavG_fsjzXu4qg0OgxO3sxe6P4tKoWKk962or6HyGwFsPNNTQ5echVQQ_8/s5184/IMG_5970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="635" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8XsY2xYbWChrj6WcWHzzDmldWicTp21UeAioo-vtFxVEXF-2AoIJ71MoSQ__Jw71P4-BRg1QQzQ9BKmongVNsE6NAVF0FhKsQ_tFCM-eaI8IlhTWMPK7mZa-xhZo72lMfiavG_fsjzXu4qg0OgxO3sxe6P4tKoWKk962or6HyGwFsPNNTQ5echVQQ_8/w476-h635/IMG_5970.JPG" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 'telewag' pole (as we used to call them, and perhaps others too) is still hanging on in there. I always wonder why this one was left?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0ZpOD1K8anfH7eQR4f0aRIt5VWMWKgaRDhGAAFQfD-mPK2lHTCkxB0dl_mu4qPlcUr5AiHUvR8QdZCo4uJUyibdcmy3jmEG6LEpcJ931tRs3Gr_ESqAv-b9LskeQnR2rcYddrDkgTUWJW2s8Sl2mGhXQofs3ubUCSwY1dOcJXWr3BeVTGHY25l-orUY/s5184/IMG_5972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0ZpOD1K8anfH7eQR4f0aRIt5VWMWKgaRDhGAAFQfD-mPK2lHTCkxB0dl_mu4qPlcUr5AiHUvR8QdZCo4uJUyibdcmy3jmEG6LEpcJ931tRs3Gr_ESqAv-b9LskeQnR2rcYddrDkgTUWJW2s8Sl2mGhXQofs3ubUCSwY1dOcJXWr3BeVTGHY25l-orUY/w617-h463/IMG_5972.JPG" width="617" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Tuttle Hill Moorings were at one time another quarry Wharf.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIB-h7cbox_UVd_9P-pFMefRtgYJQWdfBGAYm5qCm_5SSEOaS9c2ENARVIDD5x_QDgCKTs-zlRDod8EtsWFnbOPFJJnpo04FYtogNdR3IMkMLsjYImDyAQUQiWtbcboClGEZip-VtaZBdgIPb_n0AoCAXjSwia5TSmyU9925fWn8ntOTxq8knbW6dBMTc/s5184/IMG_5973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIB-h7cbox_UVd_9P-pFMefRtgYJQWdfBGAYm5qCm_5SSEOaS9c2ENARVIDD5x_QDgCKTs-zlRDod8EtsWFnbOPFJJnpo04FYtogNdR3IMkMLsjYImDyAQUQiWtbcboClGEZip-VtaZBdgIPb_n0AoCAXjSwia5TSmyU9925fWn8ntOTxq8knbW6dBMTc/w612-h459/IMG_5973.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the closest bridge is a modern one but the furthest one was to carry a narrow gauge over the canal to the mainline and then loop back across again. I think they are making a real effort to tidy up the canal through Nuneaton, and it was good to see more boats moored up to take advantage of the proximity of the town.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37u2frN7hqJcAmmpDtYl3njn1cy7_n4BoLNUPxoBlfd8gGU0W9kejZoklE3Aag5vwrsLNdicJgItbQfIcVTX7e1aWf8N8R29a7pl9AJdx8XqG35NfLWtPJkK0N3BwqZK_6CjkdPGol9S9Ds0ogi55ru51bdtTMAemmCNrqBZiffuHdUMg7W9bsHhzcR8/s5184/IMG_5976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37u2frN7hqJcAmmpDtYl3njn1cy7_n4BoLNUPxoBlfd8gGU0W9kejZoklE3Aag5vwrsLNdicJgItbQfIcVTX7e1aWf8N8R29a7pl9AJdx8XqG35NfLWtPJkK0N3BwqZK_6CjkdPGol9S9Ds0ogi55ru51bdtTMAemmCNrqBZiffuHdUMg7W9bsHhzcR8/w620-h465/IMG_5976.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boot Wharf has been cleaned up and lots of new housing in place of the jumble of boats and brambles of before. However it is still a chicane to get through. The wharf appears to have been built to service a set of lime kilns that were redundant by 1886.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg29tDnLwRxRsv7iiOoU0Ih3Rx3VYq5w-unLYhq8jHkVNRCx9M0ONBWnd7aj2to182oUroteh_QNV4LpLluZ41skKAzWy42B6_dENw0TxC4GHl-XfT5SWJ_bWshHqAEcPrNiVrnjSIINY9WLefmWOqBVlBO673HsZDRYiLkdE6bvHlA9dbhY0D0kmv5sI/s5184/IMG_5977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg29tDnLwRxRsv7iiOoU0Ih3Rx3VYq5w-unLYhq8jHkVNRCx9M0ONBWnd7aj2to182oUroteh_QNV4LpLluZ41skKAzWy42B6_dENw0TxC4GHl-XfT5SWJ_bWshHqAEcPrNiVrnjSIINY9WLefmWOqBVlBO673HsZDRYiLkdE6bvHlA9dbhY0D0kmv5sI/w618-h463/IMG_5977.JPG" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is where the Griff Arm Left the main canal but I was more taken by the MASSIVE warehouse that has been built alongside the old route. Rhenus Logistics have built 2 massive places on the site. The first was the baby at 21,000 sq. ft. This one has dwarfed it at 771,000 sq.ft. The 64 acre site is full of solar panels, air source heat pumps, green walls and electric car charging points. The office section is a massive glass box. Great views of the canal whilst you work. Rhenus are warehousing, transport and supply chain solutions for many varied industries. I think this must be the largest building I've seen. However on the site by the canal there was a lovely old lonely tree in a field that I always photographed, but it has gone. This larger shed has been almost finished in 12 months!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzd4QvDStp717epxnBzXZbkirupXj_Xq8vMaBDQ0h1U4h_9Z-i4E5f2elEM8M1jQUHpd5FY4RrZRtrNO48hR8RafRQ3lTyOcof7POov8_7-pxEun6IX6Ehf4rQf6zn4pr1_MuEi0Yj-TzLnsizbcbe3NBs1BVl646wdwNN_7EBYz9-qmLDrwlDSp_KoE/s5184/IMG_5981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzd4QvDStp717epxnBzXZbkirupXj_Xq8vMaBDQ0h1U4h_9Z-i4E5f2elEM8M1jQUHpd5FY4RrZRtrNO48hR8RafRQ3lTyOcof7POov8_7-pxEun6IX6Ehf4rQf6zn4pr1_MuEi0Yj-TzLnsizbcbe3NBs1BVl646wdwNN_7EBYz9-qmLDrwlDSp_KoE/w589-h442/IMG_5981.JPG" width="589" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marston Junction came and went with nobody popping in or out and the fendering on opposite bank to the entrance still seems intact.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwNSInFlmwXKQWzgzoBHtoxswBqy48fMeVWiofAAdVm2hIPZGITxyLKZ2_yNuACHoqqIgyv2-vmRU4thfc1hQkI5w5uVyduepfmjE_u6t2yEiNAqljAykAXFRIp4BVFft1TatRxmoc4QtFgQXcYRPwwxE1tRGiGt8bDNq1rQlNxxOPpmput0CBYVRBuo/s5184/IMG_5982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwNSInFlmwXKQWzgzoBHtoxswBqy48fMeVWiofAAdVm2hIPZGITxyLKZ2_yNuACHoqqIgyv2-vmRU4thfc1hQkI5w5uVyduepfmjE_u6t2yEiNAqljAykAXFRIp4BVFft1TatRxmoc4QtFgQXcYRPwwxE1tRGiGt8bDNq1rQlNxxOPpmput0CBYVRBuo/w616-h462/IMG_5982.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Charity Dock was the next point of interest. The tableaux are not what the once were but the dry dock made me look to see what may have been there before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog6rHXWi_IW84ZniVUJghO7QI6od_-FwPsotx0MVgjxR9rWc19hIcPQ59z_tb_A-smV3_2b5Bjj1K8nzAgWhcHvS3qOl7IJ1RE3iQxyEQdCu7YSAtiITTNB59hYXe15byLf2BDnuFoZCED6Wn2I_V5qK-yKA4_eD2fYXkRJ3Q1DpcakfukOPZQ-2Zqfc/s1670/Charity%20Dock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1670" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog6rHXWi_IW84ZniVUJghO7QI6od_-FwPsotx0MVgjxR9rWc19hIcPQ59z_tb_A-smV3_2b5Bjj1K8nzAgWhcHvS3qOl7IJ1RE3iQxyEQdCu7YSAtiITTNB59hYXe15byLf2BDnuFoZCED6Wn2I_V5qK-yKA4_eD2fYXkRJ3Q1DpcakfukOPZQ-2Zqfc/w625-h213/Charity%20Dock.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Believe it or not the Dock is named after the Bedworth Charity Colliery. This in turn was named after the landowner of where the shaft was sunk, the Rev. Nicholas Charity. The shaft was dug in 1830 and a plateway laid to the wharf . (The colliery is on the extreme left and the dock on the extreme right. Later on the Brick and Tile works were opened and a tramway added to get products to the mainline railway and the canal wharf. The mine closed in 1924 but the Brick works continued and the tramway remained in place up to WWII but succumbed after that. It looks like the basin was built over soon after, possibly to form a dry dock.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSa0l-SkIsUeLHB9jhN_2qHEFG9KY3ZysysjVpX70Zst5piMDgcj3VcAkV00-ZVka3GX67MwIFQieSKWUxp_CL9O0zhKzV6SCu5laDB1ih6iVDRe5fzejBGhX8sGnnQomNQyt-oPhusowlgAAHlP279fHBW4WJceWmKsgR2LkCeOyxauLzim6tr8dqsVg/s5184/IMG_5986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSa0l-SkIsUeLHB9jhN_2qHEFG9KY3ZysysjVpX70Zst5piMDgcj3VcAkV00-ZVka3GX67MwIFQieSKWUxp_CL9O0zhKzV6SCu5laDB1ih6iVDRe5fzejBGhX8sGnnQomNQyt-oPhusowlgAAHlP279fHBW4WJceWmKsgR2LkCeOyxauLzim6tr8dqsVg/w623-h467/IMG_5986.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I reversed to wait for a couple of boats just past Boot Wharf and collected this. We pulled over and it was soon free. It looks almost brand new. I think this is the fourth one of these we have collected round our prop over the years. Once tied up, a little past Charity Dock, the sun was still out so we sat on the wide towpath and I spliced a new rope into it. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-43972445819190566642023-08-09T21:28:00.001+02:002023-08-09T21:28:20.765+02:00Content on the Coventry.<p> The sun was shining as we surfaced from a good nights sleep. A couple of boats passed between 0700 and 0830, but we were off about 0945. Mind you Helen walked to the post office to buy stamps. What ever happened to the 'penny post', £6 for 8 2nd Class stamps!! I stopped at the water point at the junction and by the time we were full up she was back. We set of straight away.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xeX2I-O5J40kseDEflFhZjnAVm1ejABsP0bnKzPuEUnXjk3vGEk-ivSKlHmm5Oz5gFCkhTUcPZsUsUC681r0ptl5Q0TaQdMRHBTvmQTJdWqnRW8NSCU3hCuey_3hyRlbNGu_lI5SF35sYe-2j-627e4WuHZnYPJc87jBhZsfSpROxF_tUCwBOwKFvOg/s5184/IMG_5939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xeX2I-O5J40kseDEflFhZjnAVm1ejABsP0bnKzPuEUnXjk3vGEk-ivSKlHmm5Oz5gFCkhTUcPZsUsUC681r0ptl5Q0TaQdMRHBTvmQTJdWqnRW8NSCU3hCuey_3hyRlbNGu_lI5SF35sYe-2j-627e4WuHZnYPJc87jBhZsfSpROxF_tUCwBOwKFvOg/w627-h470/IMG_5939.JPG" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was drawn to turning hard a st'bd at the junction and heading to Birmingham. Tolson's Mill is looking finished as does the Methodist Chapel, both of which have been converted to flats, £150,000 at the mill and £190,00 at the chapel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPP3UtQH8chUDvfUqUBzTP-SaE8N3Bz8_aFT24BbkEDfD77G9BTj1xoJjOuemSJP7kpN0-vzmZF0dPrHLXlWepKqIXbOTmITyzJUMh6B6l-Y9ohCn-eBKiB-kADyY9YQ-a_UEmy_A5JbEdtJcAM74GPGli9fhiuVBXF2cyusUDoocewFZmn9kn0mmhTU/s5184/IMG_5938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPP3UtQH8chUDvfUqUBzTP-SaE8N3Bz8_aFT24BbkEDfD77G9BTj1xoJjOuemSJP7kpN0-vzmZF0dPrHLXlWepKqIXbOTmITyzJUMh6B6l-Y9ohCn-eBKiB-kADyY9YQ-a_UEmy_A5JbEdtJcAM74GPGli9fhiuVBXF2cyusUDoocewFZmn9kn0mmhTU/w630-h473/IMG_5938.JPG" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't go hard a st'bd but ticked round to port as we are on a mission and continued up the Coventry Canal. The moorings along here look quiet and plenty of morning sun at least I'm not sure why we haven't ever stopped here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDGVCcIfxWO9breDSZozBU3KqVt4ywF-JM_0BEwCHFFevk6LfZS7TJchldF85ZToSvw7L-0x6EDgmxoX9T_zrSw-ZsWh_LXD36_VvKt_lcbfVWsqBdn8q_GmXVjq6jXKg0Myf4SxCLBF5ijMVAUsKT88pMrd2lto3H0E3UBp7nJbFxslecwEPz0nTqD4/s5184/IMG_5942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDGVCcIfxWO9breDSZozBU3KqVt4ywF-JM_0BEwCHFFevk6LfZS7TJchldF85ZToSvw7L-0x6EDgmxoX9T_zrSw-ZsWh_LXD36_VvKt_lcbfVWsqBdn8q_GmXVjq6jXKg0Myf4SxCLBF5ijMVAUsKT88pMrd2lto3H0E3UBp7nJbFxslecwEPz0nTqD4/w601-h451/IMG_5942.JPG" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When ever I pass this pill box, and others around the system, I think of those guys that spent many days and nights sat here. It is easy to think of them as the bumbling men of BBC's Dad's Army, but in 1940 it must have been quite something thinking that you may have to face the all conquering Germany Army and Luftwaffe following an invasion. It must have been a very anxious time for everybody. The nation was coloured for a generation or two after WWII. I know as a kid the 'War' figured heavily in our games, our comics and our films etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiE-cFV0tkjUC9DkIkhU7l00N4-Owl0KXzl8CJdplGP1yhdizFhUPXcC6KE37_CYakE0gpT2s4M4OFxx5-Xzi5uq8mUmXVVvxRCO79WqdIBY5VN9hafSbuzFUobTACvmd29kFfyMN_w3l2zrXNt7VIGBr53VYyDGNvuyHqwySFyCjRKnDQwiVW7-8aAHA/s5184/IMG_5943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiE-cFV0tkjUC9DkIkhU7l00N4-Owl0KXzl8CJdplGP1yhdizFhUPXcC6KE37_CYakE0gpT2s4M4OFxx5-Xzi5uq8mUmXVVvxRCO79WqdIBY5VN9hafSbuzFUobTACvmd29kFfyMN_w3l2zrXNt7VIGBr53VYyDGNvuyHqwySFyCjRKnDQwiVW7-8aAHA/w454-h605/IMG_5943.JPG" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had no delays at Glascote, which is unusual it seems. We managed to swap with boats at both locks to save having to close gates.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl0Q-j8NhQXRnkGg7QfmiXzNKqEnwxXLxOsXFVZ_AMVlAZORcVpbcsOW18KDhh7jSd6_Vf6uGa-rePqiABikDCHeC2wj5PaU7dFKTlMNy7zdwtjGJwDfqYL4TWYQ1VXIEuFdqhV_3QdiDeh_WSA99lmHegw98UztYRlQDK1CLeG3Fgr9ByG2Tzzj8xwI/s5184/IMG_5945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl0Q-j8NhQXRnkGg7QfmiXzNKqEnwxXLxOsXFVZ_AMVlAZORcVpbcsOW18KDhh7jSd6_Vf6uGa-rePqiABikDCHeC2wj5PaU7dFKTlMNy7zdwtjGJwDfqYL4TWYQ1VXIEuFdqhV_3QdiDeh_WSA99lmHegw98UztYRlQDK1CLeG3Fgr9ByG2Tzzj8xwI/w624-h468/IMG_5945.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glascote Basin is not like a 'normal' marina as it seems there is absolutely no room and things would have to be moved about to get out. Alvecote Marina has the narrowest pontoons I have seen and it looks like only a few of them have electricity laid on. Mind you it must have the densest ratio of working boats too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkd2iyIdR-ITZnGOxjiAnuU7BcKDxIrpBKY_C7yUyyHliD5-JKHcvee9J8QPGilpk_cFEbvbCnfy6I-hsuGdZ6jPBZO4d34Uqpe8ABm_zgX1CI8SCpisG5LM7_PpRdCIlbu4ERGJ1X4nLOCEQI13CJhZdt1lFwmLMgFI8h08z3-JdHqqZ0rot6OYSRiM/s5184/IMG_5946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkd2iyIdR-ITZnGOxjiAnuU7BcKDxIrpBKY_C7yUyyHliD5-JKHcvee9J8QPGilpk_cFEbvbCnfy6I-hsuGdZ6jPBZO4d34Uqpe8ABm_zgX1CI8SCpisG5LM7_PpRdCIlbu4ERGJ1X4nLOCEQI13CJhZdt1lFwmLMgFI8h08z3-JdHqqZ0rot6OYSRiM/w625-h469/IMG_5946.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another look back was had as we passed Alvecote Priory. There is little there now, and most people will not go and seek it out. I think back to when it was in its heyday and even when it was an agricultural College. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1AzsABkmsWe5E3TZ9lzoCpkQCXqggJXRwjiLniGmWld6yCyMRaWXq9Soen1cBYQ1EB5tGYfgan1YZe4DNRs0ZcnCNIGU_QzDE2a5_afOzpusUZK7olCnUQGfn8cuZxhEp1Jq8S0pudf8Y3SlWpW3MDBiPWPb0zU8qhVw3zRGU623IOOSUiuaFafg0oQ/s892/Alvecote%20Priory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="695" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1AzsABkmsWe5E3TZ9lzoCpkQCXqggJXRwjiLniGmWld6yCyMRaWXq9Soen1cBYQ1EB5tGYfgan1YZe4DNRs0ZcnCNIGU_QzDE2a5_afOzpusUZK7olCnUQGfn8cuZxhEp1Jq8S0pudf8Y3SlWpW3MDBiPWPb0zU8qhVw3zRGU623IOOSUiuaFafg0oQ/w453-h582/Alvecote%20Priory.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This picture from the Pictorial Times of 1844 shows that there was much more of the building erect then. Not sure why I am feeling like this but it seems that everything returns to dust. Don't worry, Helen has hidden all the sharp knives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQ2FqEHS2jcu1WkwC8j8rP5NOvXribOi5OYd7AP3-scv8at6aQaBcV7uvaKKcf-ykbG8JYVDxtHO3HcFelltLPI3AW9mrUlwYFA-fgYiYZ0Kb7_BAV2Ue-G1N09lUTsfjmE-dIF6kLXnNA46lgUL3-HoC-iwX4DAWEfAS9CGNn-7IPjMC_eCgiYJdvi8/s5184/IMG_5948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQ2FqEHS2jcu1WkwC8j8rP5NOvXribOi5OYd7AP3-scv8at6aQaBcV7uvaKKcf-ykbG8JYVDxtHO3HcFelltLPI3AW9mrUlwYFA-fgYiYZ0Kb7_BAV2Ue-G1N09lUTsfjmE-dIF6kLXnNA46lgUL3-HoC-iwX4DAWEfAS9CGNn-7IPjMC_eCgiYJdvi8/w618-h464/IMG_5948.JPG" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the old Pooley Hall Colliery Load wharf. Nice secluded moorings next to the Pooley Visitor Centre.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy6Bpiw7HwYWGNgDMixwSb9R211xPswYEw_zR2dX1Jbc_uysB192Lj-zeCujahcPlFxdXLN-9NEHFAQIN9YGd8Flb3kIzBB5Fy3ZWknpLJJCy0w4zSUMIlsNGLgUcEvaRi79jOW-69HKQiZRMi81vTxrnIo0lIQWKYRyXtmihWnmIh6qsaN8B6D6J9dU/s628/Pooley%20Hall%20Colliery%201921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="627" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy6Bpiw7HwYWGNgDMixwSb9R211xPswYEw_zR2dX1Jbc_uysB192Lj-zeCujahcPlFxdXLN-9NEHFAQIN9YGd8Flb3kIzBB5Fy3ZWknpLJJCy0w4zSUMIlsNGLgUcEvaRi79jOW-69HKQiZRMi81vTxrnIo0lIQWKYRyXtmihWnmIh6qsaN8B6D6J9dU/w443-h444/Pooley%20Hall%20Colliery%201921.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The island was only created by 1921, as in this map extract. Twenty years before there had only been the southern arm of it. Mind you the mine had grown a lot too. The mine finally closed in 1965.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNKJYtNU_gXHM96FnAnfGHKy4IYr2BZAiKqN14TH0OBbsg7mKTb4lA6H6sReclBPJBupzIAAEb6BEY7RwG6mfldG20YxcdfYVEGop7ehzW56Z7qYfIf9EHsGWpwhqP4hGvdaXFyz8yKvXFwOE0vYNhkKSr_NQ3CkndMSuq1ATbLQmd97_3P9sYtiLDsw/s5184/IMG_5951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="671" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNKJYtNU_gXHM96FnAnfGHKy4IYr2BZAiKqN14TH0OBbsg7mKTb4lA6H6sReclBPJBupzIAAEb6BEY7RwG6mfldG20YxcdfYVEGop7ehzW56Z7qYfIf9EHsGWpwhqP4hGvdaXFyz8yKvXFwOE0vYNhkKSr_NQ3CkndMSuq1ATbLQmd97_3P9sYtiLDsw/w503-h671/IMG_5951.JPG" width="503" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sunken boat at Grendon Wharf is slowly being recovered by nature. It reminds me of those barges a few years ago the C&RT had on the system that were full of trees? The tree is growing out of the very middle of the cabin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuqsPoZD7jRykxn9KPjs5SsCv61SqgyNp0XP5WU49XzzsQslsEUoYPh-CsTWjlhBVzdJK6wtfjMNpJVbHEiz30NJLKCMWMxAoRIpBv10MJWWvgpVZ_aWc5KRgVOwyLjrR_B_I2R1F8D4Z9uoY9Tb2nYYAZ82Flhc96KHNG7DYaCbSrO36WsqU7EMtyQU/s5184/IMG_5953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuqsPoZD7jRykxn9KPjs5SsCv61SqgyNp0XP5WU49XzzsQslsEUoYPh-CsTWjlhBVzdJK6wtfjMNpJVbHEiz30NJLKCMWMxAoRIpBv10MJWWvgpVZ_aWc5KRgVOwyLjrR_B_I2R1F8D4Z9uoY9Tb2nYYAZ82Flhc96KHNG7DYaCbSrO36WsqU7EMtyQU/w621-h466/IMG_5953.JPG" width="621" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen sets to at the first lock of the Atherstone flight. It has been very quiet really on the canal today, but the few boats we have met, most of them have been at bridge holes and with me giving way. The weather is so nice after all the grey we have been having I really don't mind.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7bQvGO4N0G42T2g1-gRGM_CgmA0OJ1YcfZqG4FYSscdpJR1xamV_JZ6Tz6N2JFBgFw-RQmBoO0_mySEq4ml8ZpP2xh3jvBZagR0JNcwOouspuhB8NiieFhVrhZGPeNTKpjpv1emqA6Yi0br2k8Mg0cWySyfMfOaPth8BYJgFvnaBWUt-sg739qHkkJ8/s5184/IMG_5955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7bQvGO4N0G42T2g1-gRGM_CgmA0OJ1YcfZqG4FYSscdpJR1xamV_JZ6Tz6N2JFBgFw-RQmBoO0_mySEq4ml8ZpP2xh3jvBZagR0JNcwOouspuhB8NiieFhVrhZGPeNTKpjpv1emqA6Yi0br2k8Mg0cWySyfMfOaPth8BYJgFvnaBWUt-sg739qHkkJ8/w615-h462/IMG_5955.JPG" width="615" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moored up after Lock 6 and I set to to replace the locker tops/seating at the stern. They have done pretty well but are just flaking off at the edges now and are unsightly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vqcDk9i7MIx0BPzOFue9Pxl21i8iBccETwoG11RVV7NVjRaJHUYShImbxw9p_udDJsPx77AF6N_01dyaPbxoZiCzC8-xKsx2LDtWSuWqgAjKNgYEOcO9H8BjSlriWb-vDhN9heJeKFVwZchKMgYLK89Hw_EnO3o4EF5V_WPUE8V4fsyw2vOa93cSOxk/s5184/IMG_5956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vqcDk9i7MIx0BPzOFue9Pxl21i8iBccETwoG11RVV7NVjRaJHUYShImbxw9p_udDJsPx77AF6N_01dyaPbxoZiCzC8-xKsx2LDtWSuWqgAjKNgYEOcO9H8BjSlriWb-vDhN9heJeKFVwZchKMgYLK89Hw_EnO3o4EF5V_WPUE8V4fsyw2vOa93cSOxk/w621-h466/IMG_5956.JPG" width="621" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got some thinner deck board so it was a little lighter and we are trying making the area a little wider near the doors as it will be more room for a cushion at the back and to be able to site with a better posture. I thought that with the over hang once you sat on it, it would tip up. So far it hasn't done so, but I have a plan if we need to counteract that. I have sealed the end curs so hopefully the board will last the 11 years at least of the old one. It is my usual amateur workmanship but eminently serviceable job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After tidying up we walked into Atherstone and sat out in a very sunny square and had a couple of pints from the Angel pun before calling in at Aldi's and then home once again. A good day all round.</div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-919598197149573772023-08-08T21:09:00.003+02:002023-08-08T21:09:54.123+02:00On the Move.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We arrived at the boat about tea time on Monday after not being able to find Macy Cat anywhere. I was just posting her picture on the local missing pets site, when she trips in as if nothing had ever happened.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We couldn't go straight away as we had to talk to the marina staff so had a night alongside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UxTCnEe0ZYk8hySGlV-KrWCt9_miM481uCTowJzKWbBDuLoOto0WxNHCqyZU0bxTK9dnK_YoQWeoJM2GmgvqZZfLzruA4gomfxOXDghsu2jJdObB_rlaAs7K8JsoAMaFnd4tJSLosP6KuLOl9l3qodcZ7VCiPqbqZLqx6ZGLe-iBsNcV1983B2WW6zo/s5184/IMG_5927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UxTCnEe0ZYk8hySGlV-KrWCt9_miM481uCTowJzKWbBDuLoOto0WxNHCqyZU0bxTK9dnK_YoQWeoJM2GmgvqZZfLzruA4gomfxOXDghsu2jJdObB_rlaAs7K8JsoAMaFnd4tJSLosP6KuLOl9l3qodcZ7VCiPqbqZLqx6ZGLe-iBsNcV1983B2WW6zo/w623-h467/IMG_5927.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We set off in the end at 10:00 and the first thing we came across was this 'wide' beam heading towards us. We haven't been in wide beam land for a long time but I think the timings in Pearson's Guides must be well out the window these days. Mind you they are pretty well out as there is all the slowing for many more moored boats than there used to be, that is if you do slow down.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_Crphqn2-tLm9zwtCBRvRj570xL6JXN--90RPGpwtFeZe_4OZnaRbIideEt6qFpTvviXmORbZdtIo-tSfbMLQMa-ClKunE4lerCt5HJunWw9gUm4zqcnQ_p-U09VnWhZJ9UB5KNmDuKlRVmpljP9hNj_brgT1ZdL2bZz4udc1NkVlvvKZDIv_wQ-tXo/s5184/IMG_5928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_Crphqn2-tLm9zwtCBRvRj570xL6JXN--90RPGpwtFeZe_4OZnaRbIideEt6qFpTvviXmORbZdtIo-tSfbMLQMa-ClKunE4lerCt5HJunWw9gUm4zqcnQ_p-U09VnWhZJ9UB5KNmDuKlRVmpljP9hNj_brgT1ZdL2bZz4udc1NkVlvvKZDIv_wQ-tXo/w414-h552/IMG_5928.JPG" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is strange how the light coloured new towpath surface alters the picture on the way to Woodend Lock. The new gritty surface seems to be quite loosely packed and I can only assume that it is supposed to bond more together with age. There were spots where the material didn't seem to be enclosed by boards or bank and may well ooze away when it rains etc. I'm sure time will tell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmwOs8i6bFYvBmP5GCqRaXWlBhKljJAXZO76iWUlcEqtuoSMaGHaduraWZBfpmA6Xj7_vNB-pRD0ONiCKH4H8z39BggYDPuw5PgxKqWHTuz6BvZN22980UY5YN5PETzlV1_i-rrtTanDS-j0nqHAD1gvLY-UF2z3TzeHVfwRNsR7zgeRIjOMCjEkAjjo/s5184/IMG_5929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmwOs8i6bFYvBmP5GCqRaXWlBhKljJAXZO76iWUlcEqtuoSMaGHaduraWZBfpmA6Xj7_vNB-pRD0ONiCKH4H8z39BggYDPuw5PgxKqWHTuz6BvZN22980UY5YN5PETzlV1_i-rrtTanDS-j0nqHAD1gvLY-UF2z3TzeHVfwRNsR7zgeRIjOMCjEkAjjo/w454-h605/IMG_5929.JPG" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the pots etc that we had left at Woodend Lock had gone. Whether taken or smashed we will never know. How did the 'originals' last for some many years? All I can think of is that the lock cottage was lived in and may have dissuaded folk. By the time we arrived at Shade House Lock the best Volunteer Lock Keeper on the system had started work. He was busy keeping things moving but took enough time of to have a coffee with us by the boat on the lock landing as we waited for one to come up. It is nice to see him actually doing some work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiV7HrhFeQY24R62MYmp4LVuTrMVmcdD1FqrwBAJvkZznarg3EwouYpEtKDM1td6hDU7osiEPsExgXxTV-Z6qsQaolNIduYtLo3ieMezbjykq-KYHtssvFMsQxV0QLdXfKNDkKSJ36eCrJhBMDqi0DB8p5eiBDNswaBxM9s0OlPBv6jdl573PS262ALc/s5184/IMG_5930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiV7HrhFeQY24R62MYmp4LVuTrMVmcdD1FqrwBAJvkZznarg3EwouYpEtKDM1td6hDU7osiEPsExgXxTV-Z6qsQaolNIduYtLo3ieMezbjykq-KYHtssvFMsQxV0QLdXfKNDkKSJ36eCrJhBMDqi0DB8p5eiBDNswaBxM9s0OlPBv6jdl573PS262ALc/w405-h539/IMG_5930.JPG" width="405" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All to soon it was our turn and we headed off, leaving him cake and biscuits to enjoy with his flask later on. Judging by the number of boats coming up and down he would need it! If you pass through and meet this guy say Hi and be gentle with him!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKdoopSdJuWibBihhGh36hb9-EkrbrJJY1tMJKlpCa1LUtkYpExXwK0YoOvsujDUQAMc97zPmgadkVjFshsmp8kEewyE-S7Gi6au8ojjqFxpIL_zop9VaA7cMvZPBeBqmPeUBVmjtS1slqRetWYelyaFfGUOtmRDR8Pc8Zp_qIeYMBiIURoJVXcuEXQU/s5184/IMG_5932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKdoopSdJuWibBihhGh36hb9-EkrbrJJY1tMJKlpCa1LUtkYpExXwK0YoOvsujDUQAMc97zPmgadkVjFshsmp8kEewyE-S7Gi6au8ojjqFxpIL_zop9VaA7cMvZPBeBqmPeUBVmjtS1slqRetWYelyaFfGUOtmRDR8Pc8Zp_qIeYMBiIURoJVXcuEXQU/w611-h458/IMG_5932.JPG" width="611" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Around Streethay and Kings Orchard Marina the water was very red with clay, not like at Harecastle Tunnel where it is Iron in the water. I can only think that as there are large HS2 working here that with the rain the clay particles are easily washed out and into the canal.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vh6sOeMb0UR4pulozAiLZmVdkWQh4k-j_Vh4GZh_C84zcQKU42hirw4pmhJZ_CVUyqIyBcxx8Xe_G_GGhmVQZ8fOzzIQnzv8CbX8vI51Aec3jafLsMmgoQu3WQ3ZJVrzkYt7pC1q0947m-OOshEAIAxegwvo9kejtuZKQ0K3rgAyaWyNhi8gbsYmKAM/s5184/IMG_5933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vh6sOeMb0UR4pulozAiLZmVdkWQh4k-j_Vh4GZh_C84zcQKU42hirw4pmhJZ_CVUyqIyBcxx8Xe_G_GGhmVQZ8fOzzIQnzv8CbX8vI51Aec3jafLsMmgoQu3WQ3ZJVrzkYt7pC1q0947m-OOshEAIAxegwvo9kejtuZKQ0K3rgAyaWyNhi8gbsYmKAM/w596-h447/IMG_5933.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopwas Wood had all the red flags flying and the gate at Hopwass Wood Bridge was locked. I didn't hear any firings though. It is a shame as it is a great area to walk in, not that we were stopping today.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtLlePFq_Szdr-xWvPAHOwyZSft9IaOYGYQ0h8OqqEWAEANztRsixYr6TBBEPW1Zda9W0V493qsdoNy2CDOb6mUSMnG-iKJzznp-vWkr8XTDj-OKt_jxMXLsn65RYPrncpEiWpRUZbg3_b8XkV0Jhh4oAqDCwF0UGfUpjP1cWdMPUFBxJmOsHs21b_fM/s5184/IMG_5934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtLlePFq_Szdr-xWvPAHOwyZSft9IaOYGYQ0h8OqqEWAEANztRsixYr6TBBEPW1Zda9W0V493qsdoNy2CDOb6mUSMnG-iKJzznp-vWkr8XTDj-OKt_jxMXLsn65RYPrncpEiWpRUZbg3_b8XkV0Jhh4oAqDCwF0UGfUpjP1cWdMPUFBxJmOsHs21b_fM/w616-h462/IMG_5934.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the outskirts of Hopwas this very large dog poked their head out of the window to check us out. There can't be that much room left in the boat when he is moving a bout. I love their ears though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jFSGuJQDsEQW3fI9XcfwSUruegykVXhCLyyIHkKm27pZmYK3HBAyMimsY3TwC4_sUZgIwtjrSEjBRgYKm4zEPKP_JnKXiRzcrqQYmVK8HVI0S2idaTxs9Bue_IfasCyqtHPaz5_TVefYObNTdUlrcBII0xYsdW37_tE0UuU_WIMSQKbgDWzp21njVww/s5184/IMG_5935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jFSGuJQDsEQW3fI9XcfwSUruegykVXhCLyyIHkKm27pZmYK3HBAyMimsY3TwC4_sUZgIwtjrSEjBRgYKm4zEPKP_JnKXiRzcrqQYmVK8HVI0S2idaTxs9Bue_IfasCyqtHPaz5_TVefYObNTdUlrcBII0xYsdW37_tE0UuU_WIMSQKbgDWzp21njVww/w615-h462/IMG_5935.JPG" width="615" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The vast housing estate is getting close to being completed with the house right by the canal getting close to first fix. They seem to be constructed on some sort of timber frame method and then brick faced. I wonder if there are any new shops, schools, pubs etc in the area. The roads will certainly need upgrading as everybody will be needing at least on car. It did lock like many of them had charge points for E vehicles, but I'm not sure if this was standard. Fradley is also having a massive build going on too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuurS4j4N6u4--1czp5tQ72pqAp7OvvpHuv6buueLhSrtAx6SvWzLtUxs8X7Xq9eOusJzqmUf_cfty-RO_OoGGLri3MtB9IP56iC8ksjZ3EIrIE-F7sCLlAKeL4rhRfgDakihipXGIKn-YVfyLFRXSvph42tev1UuiU8J-_z3Fe24oY2F3il4uAjr2qUU/s5184/IMG_5936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuurS4j4N6u4--1czp5tQ72pqAp7OvvpHuv6buueLhSrtAx6SvWzLtUxs8X7Xq9eOusJzqmUf_cfty-RO_OoGGLri3MtB9IP56iC8ksjZ3EIrIE-F7sCLlAKeL4rhRfgDakihipXGIKn-YVfyLFRXSvph42tev1UuiU8J-_z3Fe24oY2F3il4uAjr2qUU/w628-h471/IMG_5936.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moored up at Fazeley Junction as Helen wanted a new carpet for the bedroom. I had a picture of a carpet shop around the junction and looking it up we found that there was a carpet wholesaler close by so we went to see if they had a roll end for us. The long and short of it is that I walked home with a roll on my shoulder. I will have to find the right time and place to get it fitted but it will look great when down and keep our feet, and the boat warm over the winter. Pictures when it get laid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a reward we popped back to the road and turned right to try the 'Three Tuns' that is just opposite where we had moored. They had Wye Valley's HPA for me and Helen's eyes nearly popped when she saw they had around 25 different ciders. Better still they did 1/3rd pints on a board so you could try a few, and she duly did. Nice to go back and have tea with a rosy glow!</div><br /> <p></p>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-89211566995710959892023-07-10T10:41:00.000+02:002023-07-10T10:41:13.922+02:00End of The Line.<div style="text-align: left;"> We had fish and chips for two between three of us and still had a full portion of chips left over last night. The sun was shining brightly this morning and we didn't rush about on our last day. Still, it was just after 10 am when we let go.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB5IVmxL-0HKtskbHNASN-iMxHD8bpSvYGbTT_W-v9Lr3Vu-3BXisSMvILAmqp2ECsV3rPX5UkX1LraAPqsYP88B4dKr9pERcR62fu_lPSSSVjUUdto8oYwjb2HS3vxlOyp06m2MXSYnCfdjasz6-oGFCgx7NUQdFeO6FwR1pvM0cUR8nVg6bfvxrpGY/s5184/IMG_5914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB5IVmxL-0HKtskbHNASN-iMxHD8bpSvYGbTT_W-v9Lr3Vu-3BXisSMvILAmqp2ECsV3rPX5UkX1LraAPqsYP88B4dKr9pERcR62fu_lPSSSVjUUdto8oYwjb2HS3vxlOyp06m2MXSYnCfdjasz6-oGFCgx7NUQdFeO6FwR1pvM0cUR8nVg6bfvxrpGY/w635-h476/IMG_5914.JPG" width="635" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have passed this way so often that there is little to excite me to pick up my camera. However under the trees, just after Handsacre the Little Chimney Co boat, Tradewind and butty were moored up. If you need anything like a flue of chimney I would definitely recommend them. They refitted my flue and fabricated a stainless steel, double skinned chimney for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLcqSc0ITo10_YAhCEwfpqNCf25dXwCIpZLT1ZnIi9HogtMrHAApo49ZtcRdXJZS_o42Mgy4ohV28dozdA9cLEgLM90VyPSzNIayYUPnfXINta9pgBKXaL12aZjmmdv5vZoKCXpPbK2G4Qq4rRXmVHubl0SpB3I9Ikktf-Qr0nW74isP41ApFI3Sv-14/s3027/IMG_5915%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="3027" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLcqSc0ITo10_YAhCEwfpqNCf25dXwCIpZLT1ZnIi9HogtMrHAApo49ZtcRdXJZS_o42Mgy4ohV28dozdA9cLEgLM90VyPSzNIayYUPnfXINta9pgBKXaL12aZjmmdv5vZoKCXpPbK2G4Qq4rRXmVHubl0SpB3I9Ikktf-Qr0nW74isP41ApFI3Sv-14/w584-h308/IMG_5915%20(2).JPG" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we turned into the marina we spotted these tufted ducks (we think). What struck us was the way the ducklings stuck very close to the mother, unlike mallards and moorhens that seem to scatter to the four winds. We did wonder whether this meant if this meant that they were more successful at breeding larger numbers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PQ4XMB_UR7a5S8tAWkkt1dqoAdYbDkwYszsIq8fVBQXzl9C0Oqz-9Z0GCzE290NTGwL0UPdIXelxBcDfU9ZtL_kudQaPWmnwtf93k14hAxqO5BUEy0U03Y8n_lsw6P-elB3H4pW-0wlSSpDTwgX_W4pWwOGHHBZvsMui8fJKYuigEmzdIt1WgMplHJM/s5184/IMG_5917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PQ4XMB_UR7a5S8tAWkkt1dqoAdYbDkwYszsIq8fVBQXzl9C0Oqz-9Z0GCzE290NTGwL0UPdIXelxBcDfU9ZtL_kudQaPWmnwtf93k14hAxqO5BUEy0U03Y8n_lsw6P-elB3H4pW-0wlSSpDTwgX_W4pWwOGHHBZvsMui8fJKYuigEmzdIt1WgMplHJM/w598-h449/IMG_5917.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We reversed on to the fuel berth and filled up with 100.71 litres of fuel. At 90 p/lt for moorers it isn't too bad for a two week holiday. They did say that they were expecting the price to drop later in the day, but didn't say what to. If not with Aquavista the price would be £1! That makes Wheaton Aston price of 82.9p/ltr look very attractive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Talking of attractive, with the neighbour away I can get a nice photo of the polished boat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our neighbour was away on her travelso as it was a little windy it made it very easy. As it happened all went well anyway and we were soon back moored up. After a few jobs being done, packing and all the other little jobs, we were away at just after 13:00. The motorway was busy but we kept going and weren't too long getting back to East Yorkshire. We are already looking forward to the next time away.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-32330997968159689622023-07-09T15:49:00.000+02:002023-07-09T15:49:19.262+02:00Anson, Handsome and Haddock.<p> Whilst we were in Great Haywood, and with Amy not having visited Shugborough Hall, we decided to do that. The gate by Essex Bridge wasn't open so we had to walk up the path to Park Home Farm. Mind you this gave us the opportunity to visit the walled gardens that we hadn't previously.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuXXYu9_4wE-gzTOVoAwms8SLK_Z5v9NGfq-Y0X9DzcxzjBlR3TX3G2pUxfv-WGVwXZt5r94kxHc4wzs10pO1T7koONRPaIivpgpkKge5Yq8VazlxEcQs7cq3OvbGmUXEjayXiRdaqpmBgFPlrmbEdtJrqih7Bz8QC_O0la85Z4THhTyrOqo0NIU-6q4/s5184/IMG_5908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuXXYu9_4wE-gzTOVoAwms8SLK_Z5v9NGfq-Y0X9DzcxzjBlR3TX3G2pUxfv-WGVwXZt5r94kxHc4wzs10pO1T7koONRPaIivpgpkKge5Yq8VazlxEcQs7cq3OvbGmUXEjayXiRdaqpmBgFPlrmbEdtJrqih7Bz8QC_O0la85Z4THhTyrOqo0NIU-6q4/w613-h460/IMG_5908.JPG" width="613" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main house didn't open until 11 am so we had a stroll round the formal gardens. As the front of the house is sheathed in scaffolding so that the windows can be checked/repaired/replaced and the exterior will be painted too. This garden was set out bu the apprentice gardener in place at present. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO6dyf0YpX4YQZAVYwVSDwlZUmHHY_qYd01ZCJbIekSeNgmV2X_mIydawALDq2U8drMQmXZCJ-dMKHHn-Jo745f3oToCezALfMsySIEm4QSzb38uV5eKK9Q6veAWu5HL1wKvLPPZCTvUKGwPZ-ihpdFcxlZ8QhUgSXZthtM15rbg1fBfitn3aZo9HEMA/s5184/IMG_5909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO6dyf0YpX4YQZAVYwVSDwlZUmHHY_qYd01ZCJbIekSeNgmV2X_mIydawALDq2U8drMQmXZCJ-dMKHHn-Jo745f3oToCezALfMsySIEm4QSzb38uV5eKK9Q6veAWu5HL1wKvLPPZCTvUKGwPZ-ihpdFcxlZ8QhUgSXZthtM15rbg1fBfitn3aZo9HEMA/w604-h453/IMG_5909.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Down by the River Sow the house is pretty impressive from the rear. The money for all this was made from capturing a Spanish Galleon near the Philippines by George Anson when he was on his circumnavigation of the earth. The second Englishman to do so. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We visited the Lichfield apartments, the main house and the servants areas, as well as the cafe and the shop so we had a full visit. The gate to Essex bridge was open at 1030 so we were able to take a short route back to the boat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9rz4dKCswkdCKK5sJ6xOpjSCWTrqlRtjnhN50IZ4Lbn16RWD5PXX42i2u45xCvoc-megPg5QSIrVYd6deU7DWnmkHnCWNG0MNU1DYvMdeuDhNSg3KA-PBcBZEqJlWymhyDvJHpv-hAQ_wNQg3-ix1M8hF2vR-mWSnwt7vlSnTwzl44Ev2hdt7GLW0H4/s5184/IMG_5910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9rz4dKCswkdCKK5sJ6xOpjSCWTrqlRtjnhN50IZ4Lbn16RWD5PXX42i2u45xCvoc-megPg5QSIrVYd6deU7DWnmkHnCWNG0MNU1DYvMdeuDhNSg3KA-PBcBZEqJlWymhyDvJHpv-hAQ_wNQg3-ix1M8hF2vR-mWSnwt7vlSnTwzl44Ev2hdt7GLW0H4/w610-h458/IMG_5910.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We pushed off just after 1 pm as a boat left the lock and were soon on our way with excited help from an Italian family. Colwich lock and cottage certainly look like a jigsaw picture when the sun is shining. The sun WAS shining as there were no boat waiting up or down today. There is some merit in starting late!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZz5-eWlkE5BxAjiv0Ln27wq9eqS5BwzHoSwuPyzv0ytOHN8tU19eF6Z84ex50-5S1PHGiUWDfuoa81GP3P9vjEvdjlRfzQMVVfge9MquarOTzj5FxmEEfXyq8KRLtk1zh6d4LBa41I4_Z0oBjGGWsXTPuW3-Vq2HZbqvjKExfK4E9ee6mfV2eJAobs4/s5184/IMG_5911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZz5-eWlkE5BxAjiv0Ln27wq9eqS5BwzHoSwuPyzv0ytOHN8tU19eF6Z84ex50-5S1PHGiUWDfuoa81GP3P9vjEvdjlRfzQMVVfge9MquarOTzj5FxmEEfXyq8KRLtk1zh6d4LBa41I4_Z0oBjGGWsXTPuW3-Vq2HZbqvjKExfK4E9ee6mfV2eJAobs4/w628-h471/IMG_5911.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There aren't many photos in this blog as we have done this stretch so many times I have run out of new things to see and say. However as we passed the garden after the Aqueduct I did notice something new. I was just able to take a picture of the 'cave' mid picture. It had steps up to it from the water level but was too small to be a boathouse. It looked like it was made from WWII type concrete etc so I expect that it is an air raid shelter. Just seems strange that it had access to the water.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkNCPuddfJ8YmbO2Ush8yrZMfW2aDGefaklznnw7UoxYgJoyPOwYWIQgcwv8ITEy23e00CBgnzf1GqLeRASP_BnLMEI7eUg7_wPdwSBAXxhK41knUGARvuB0cVYpOxOSSm5sRRB3OKvryKDtXMmv20t0NSzTTOmhzEGgE3QukbTM-xYD4q1NvMI3VRUY/s5184/IMG_5912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkNCPuddfJ8YmbO2Ush8yrZMfW2aDGefaklznnw7UoxYgJoyPOwYWIQgcwv8ITEy23e00CBgnzf1GqLeRASP_BnLMEI7eUg7_wPdwSBAXxhK41knUGARvuB0cVYpOxOSSm5sRRB3OKvryKDtXMmv20t0NSzTTOmhzEGgE3QukbTM-xYD4q1NvMI3VRUY/w608-h456/IMG_5912.JPG" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also saw this grumpy looking wood pigeon. Either that or he had eaten his fill from the various garden bird feeders.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaincmge6ouZzNKYtQeH23ujvm6K5CTAKkaUi6Qqg-pBWfwTwSYFTBkJYenUoz_pK4VFD1znPfvvmpcK_v1Blbo3cHhXXN_pHCj2wPgR6stSsIFFXrn9oN99C7foNBc3SiJUTuYjf3QBLwFJydNhyhclMHbtgad4AYCQzKUgiBPUoqJBjc1fNeHxKqQs/s5184/IMG_5913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaincmge6ouZzNKYtQeH23ujvm6K5CTAKkaUi6Qqg-pBWfwTwSYFTBkJYenUoz_pK4VFD1znPfvvmpcK_v1Blbo3cHhXXN_pHCj2wPgR6stSsIFFXrn9oN99C7foNBc3SiJUTuYjf3QBLwFJydNhyhclMHbtgad4AYCQzKUgiBPUoqJBjc1fNeHxKqQs/w616-h462/IMG_5913.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Armitage Tunnel/Bridge was clear and the Plum Pudding pub had three or four boats tied up alongside. I can only ever remember one being there previously. Trade must be good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped at the wide tow path before the main road bridge at Handsacre, just in case there was no room further on, as we were going to have a chippie tea tonight. Meanwhile as this was the last chance of a port side towpath I finished the polishing of the port side with two coats. It certainly looks much better for doing. Helen came back with a long face as although the chip shop was open they had no haddock. It seems they can't get hold of it. Haddock is the first preference for fried fish in our part of the world, and we should know as Hull trawlers brought so much of the white fish to the UK at one time. The trawlermen from Hull would never eat cod as they said it was always riddled with worms, unlike haddock.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-34792966807654295622023-07-08T21:59:00.000+02:002023-07-08T21:59:34.714+02:00Stock, Lock and Footpaths.<div style="text-align: left;"> We had a very late start as the girls had seen it was market day in Penkridge and they were going to go. It was a 'proper' market so we all bought something in the end. For me it was a new lump hammer, but they made do with clothes and stuff like that! By the time we had got back to the oat and had a cuppa it was time to go and conveniently a boat had just come up Filance Lock</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKNoqP3AII1RkSrNQqsScwf5cxgjCG2_DK0ou_CSNiAfWbAhQ7_07SC59aQ7vyqF8ZZBrX-8mPK2u4WwHlbYwZC0ua6ZO5P4wGcyiLU0hnnQv_9ePzILwhPShb4_51OqYh1XsDytqevOhDiYhMb4zYDoJZaDpSKHy1UxJ6af9u4bNqGeY4IVxG70LXTM/s5184/IMG_5887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKNoqP3AII1RkSrNQqsScwf5cxgjCG2_DK0ou_CSNiAfWbAhQ7_07SC59aQ7vyqF8ZZBrX-8mPK2u4WwHlbYwZC0ua6ZO5P4wGcyiLU0hnnQv_9ePzILwhPShb4_51OqYh1XsDytqevOhDiYhMb4zYDoJZaDpSKHy1UxJ6af9u4bNqGeY4IVxG70LXTM/w621-h465/IMG_5887.JPG" width="621" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If the wharf had been free we would have stopped to top up with water, after hair washing day, but there were two waiting so we headed onwards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutf_78vwkIAfjGB23oKirUpJgZubVS2pVtV2ORr0NkMg0wwF6_3edcvWVGRN7EfgVzD0EbRmO0XeBXa_juPCf4UUf-iQivdV2KoFWZYv9CEFHyw561N0t-EFkmlGzOeavBr1cNgHj9MaG6QsbUrUhVRI7gWeI9Jn7Y-fAMmyEFMtgiuftDlQLkj4b4iY/s5184/IMG_5888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutf_78vwkIAfjGB23oKirUpJgZubVS2pVtV2ORr0NkMg0wwF6_3edcvWVGRN7EfgVzD0EbRmO0XeBXa_juPCf4UUf-iQivdV2KoFWZYv9CEFHyw561N0t-EFkmlGzOeavBr1cNgHj9MaG6QsbUrUhVRI7gWeI9Jn7Y-fAMmyEFMtgiuftDlQLkj4b4iY/w436-h582/IMG_5888.JPG" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls were doing the honours today, and as luck would have it, and the opposite of yesterday, the locks were all our way and at most locks there was a boat coming up too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yvBVzvsBTW2U2mI4kbAQWZZyiwqabQfKXJjzPdt1X19TnM5U4ap6qBUCTgmbXxjYgwRI_ysTTbCNYKvFhWCHhmsc8BNOqL7H5gw1LpZnY1NSwLlNiLV1Cq1cHw85xrBd05xq2Me2rIUhUPYECeKrLOJBb7kM7NuKhUIYTOzk63Eq0BMJIlddOdJcKsk/s5184/IMG_5889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yvBVzvsBTW2U2mI4kbAQWZZyiwqabQfKXJjzPdt1X19TnM5U4ap6qBUCTgmbXxjYgwRI_ysTTbCNYKvFhWCHhmsc8BNOqL7H5gw1LpZnY1NSwLlNiLV1Cq1cHw85xrBd05xq2Me2rIUhUPYECeKrLOJBb7kM7NuKhUIYTOzk63Eq0BMJIlddOdJcKsk/w629-h472/IMG_5889.JPG" width="629" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Park Gate Lock we swapped and I helped Amy at the locks. We had passed Georgie's trip boat with a couple of lads driving loaded up with cream teas and a retirement home on the move. They really seemed to be having a great time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo938Ace0x39JMkJ0_ahyG4ZitKU1SCnaf0E_HqW3U64LGTNsJoAhI2r5jFxHJuInBskwVcNONV0QpeG_WDt8opoeN_99wLthtkaA3d83_dXyFC3EviQJ8mrSvU6W_qbrxbRwt3JDXCgKZ8c-GzxNmMWIgO38YArvU_eWMU0gtPy8cufcIKaZUnBMddU4/s5184/IMG_5891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo938Ace0x39JMkJ0_ahyG4ZitKU1SCnaf0E_HqW3U64LGTNsJoAhI2r5jFxHJuInBskwVcNONV0QpeG_WDt8opoeN_99wLthtkaA3d83_dXyFC3EviQJ8mrSvU6W_qbrxbRwt3JDXCgKZ8c-GzxNmMWIgO38YArvU_eWMU0gtPy8cufcIKaZUnBMddU4/w626-h469/IMG_5891.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we passed Acton Trussell the display of meadow sweet and montbretia was quite something to behold. My photos never do such things justice. There was a big event going on at the big hotel and most were in black so we didn't wave, that is until loads enjoying their snap at the tables outside, waved at us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV6VgwTprImL7cQqTpKJpU0AayEB9vJuDctkc_6x_pC4ZTFZdvhgdabh583YMB05osP3A-rjmGzlkc_pGlvDiC5a-BdgyB7m54PRhog8KenDBuFIlO5voWuRYoXnO_7MAwPbYrajXtIni4eQIoU6lGDVCdKjrFD4zdxbd3iKuHDyMQTP7eUWN70iYWxI/s5184/IMG_5894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV6VgwTprImL7cQqTpKJpU0AayEB9vJuDctkc_6x_pC4ZTFZdvhgdabh583YMB05osP3A-rjmGzlkc_pGlvDiC5a-BdgyB7m54PRhog8KenDBuFIlO5voWuRYoXnO_7MAwPbYrajXtIni4eQIoU6lGDVCdKjrFD4zdxbd3iKuHDyMQTP7eUWN70iYWxI/w610-h458/IMG_5894.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After my success yesterday with a heron taking off pick. I thought I may be on a roll, but this one brazened it out. Still, quite a nice picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrv4utCy50ATHe1S3_hOdcwBT2LnUYLQaBc-YPsyYTDlv3SCbrzh4WipIP2zM-TI6FDP6o3hQqooNH-Oy9vIr6ypHOpB_ZhCJaIcEWK-cJHOGMD1yf8R1QdScwHkvuBWcCIPNa8RiC_FlY6oGTQcjsoxksPsVFXhIp3xoZpsEQhUFaZDAIeXg81g3AbLc/s5184/IMG_5895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrv4utCy50ATHe1S3_hOdcwBT2LnUYLQaBc-YPsyYTDlv3SCbrzh4WipIP2zM-TI6FDP6o3hQqooNH-Oy9vIr6ypHOpB_ZhCJaIcEWK-cJHOGMD1yf8R1QdScwHkvuBWcCIPNa8RiC_FlY6oGTQcjsoxksPsVFXhIp3xoZpsEQhUFaZDAIeXg81g3AbLc/w392-h522/IMG_5895.JPG" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Deptmore Lock we just missed a boat leaving the lock, and any later we would have missed the lock as another boat was arriving below. We had a good road today, for sure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkPzIvDpTpnwjh2nba335jLDb15bPIpWe5-bJZmg7HHu0mjRgwjfvWlTRJcBR5r5HeIbfG4c-KcGvg0-CmOyKxfUtFLWbRWeJgQGCiF3Cr4sN3jClFdMnFNtXfEfl79Ju1mJAR1ZxwerIDnFJL-441o8CYX0PX7pDxbSKoqMfjOZNv7HpvzXJySe9-N8/s5184/IMG_5896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkPzIvDpTpnwjh2nba335jLDb15bPIpWe5-bJZmg7HHu0mjRgwjfvWlTRJcBR5r5HeIbfG4c-KcGvg0-CmOyKxfUtFLWbRWeJgQGCiF3Cr4sN3jClFdMnFNtXfEfl79Ju1mJAR1ZxwerIDnFJL-441o8CYX0PX7pDxbSKoqMfjOZNv7HpvzXJySe9-N8/w587-h440/IMG_5896.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Radford Bridge moorings we spotted the boat's name in sufficient time to get No1. daughter lined up for the snap. Has anybody seen a boat called Tony? There are loads of Helens.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnkXdQwSK9XmcXpnTrAtLu3Irr2HvTObmngWwa1gcwd84YhpBEODuQ3xJoWIOTJCHivUGJ3AfnY1cbWUVdo3r9Ytcl53T7T5ud3M4IzxVSnEPQIiu2E9P8mKcuATJq7yZJdRLYMWyN-C3oWRaPi3wjQJv0T2QHYd4RKIsd9YcYpg-EWyoGSsTapvSwac/s5184/IMG_5897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnkXdQwSK9XmcXpnTrAtLu3Irr2HvTObmngWwa1gcwd84YhpBEODuQ3xJoWIOTJCHivUGJ3AfnY1cbWUVdo3r9Ytcl53T7T5ud3M4IzxVSnEPQIiu2E9P8mKcuATJq7yZJdRLYMWyN-C3oWRaPi3wjQJv0T2QHYd4RKIsd9YcYpg-EWyoGSsTapvSwac/w587-h441/IMG_5897.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems that steady, but slow, progress is still being made with the lock down to the River Sow to link with Stafford. I wonder if the river or moorings at the other end need dredging too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4-7QdlgGTThF8EdXBpWnSOcDKnwFYro9yCzj-8FalPE_HDcYfY1g7cSeBtxa_hTKPUVou6skCXZKvEHTWIq670nn3ooOOQ-XKTFLUvF-48FFoaPqu62HI0reaoD8QW4QC2CTLcvT-YdVduAMpimGVSi7YiHz3jTgQwLsSsiwQMG8nwW1Vt-0sV8ES6o/s5184/IMG_5898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4-7QdlgGTThF8EdXBpWnSOcDKnwFYro9yCzj-8FalPE_HDcYfY1g7cSeBtxa_hTKPUVou6skCXZKvEHTWIq670nn3ooOOQ-XKTFLUvF-48FFoaPqu62HI0reaoD8QW4QC2CTLcvT-YdVduAMpimGVSi7YiHz3jTgQwLsSsiwQMG8nwW1Vt-0sV8ES6o/w605-h454/IMG_5898.JPG" width="605" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we passed Milford I took a picture to remind me to do a little research and this yellow and purple train came passed. It seems that it a West Midlands train livery, but we also saw a grey and green one go past. I think that this colour is for their London Northwestern Service to Crewe, via Stafford.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUKGNAoIWLtH7FNc5hcLwqr_HJkwHHqS2d4Km4dcM0w1oGcMQhB4BeIgf8al0hx7i5TPv9lmV7lQaivCXWA2JDmMi3YFajOOsbSGOCa19oNUTXTAcll6CQUb8bUkq7CDlojSP6nf9XoAzT0DBZevB4tZuswBn-di9qCT_BqKfvna35VxZdgriKXK92m0/s5184/IMG_5900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUKGNAoIWLtH7FNc5hcLwqr_HJkwHHqS2d4Km4dcM0w1oGcMQhB4BeIgf8al0hx7i5TPv9lmV7lQaivCXWA2JDmMi3YFajOOsbSGOCa19oNUTXTAcll6CQUb8bUkq7CDlojSP6nf9XoAzT0DBZevB4tZuswBn-di9qCT_BqKfvna35VxZdgriKXK92m0/w595-h446/IMG_5900.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view down the Sow valley from the aqueduct is always pleasing on the eye whatever the season.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI_efPwGQxssfWF6vXlZfmQ_iXym_zbE2CxRUd0EOh9z8cDjw6O5CtxBR_HJObPiUtiBDuJwviFwfZV1Yh1rTEoabp0GrY5x9hkKBoTVEytzJSyNWhLjgdT08FqE8oC4KQNNTvsvJ5abrsB22D109dSx9vnSCHkcwj1-_KAwb13ho3RU9kcBjRPhk36Y/s5184/IMG_5904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI_efPwGQxssfWF6vXlZfmQ_iXym_zbE2CxRUd0EOh9z8cDjw6O5CtxBR_HJObPiUtiBDuJwviFwfZV1Yh1rTEoabp0GrY5x9hkKBoTVEytzJSyNWhLjgdT08FqE8oC4KQNNTvsvJ5abrsB22D109dSx9vnSCHkcwj1-_KAwb13ho3RU9kcBjRPhk36Y/w423-h564/IMG_5904.JPG" width="423" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The contractors are working on the tow path just by Tixall Lock and the girls dropped me before all the plant. The tow path are having demolition rubble placed over a leveled route then some sort of sand place on top. The notice by the lock says it will be finished between the Junction and Milford turn over bridge by 14th July. That is not going to happen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiGsiIuxO8E-20h7nH1KahWMBq9DQSXAZLwX2odUsg6eKVFoCc1l6dYzkkL04PnZTZx2b1nUEiOB17LFVLtWkTa6lubWDGrtnTzwCNdolTY0WgsWGAbApF5kWbg56rFUyAsLuAaHohJyAyfBUi1n47W75FZT4gP761zwekH9e4TJxmgI3lOiYgtDlyyY/s5184/IMG_5905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiGsiIuxO8E-20h7nH1KahWMBq9DQSXAZLwX2odUsg6eKVFoCc1l6dYzkkL04PnZTZx2b1nUEiOB17LFVLtWkTa6lubWDGrtnTzwCNdolTY0WgsWGAbApF5kWbg56rFUyAsLuAaHohJyAyfBUi1n47W75FZT4gP761zwekH9e4TJxmgI3lOiYgtDlyyY/w360-h480/IMG_5905.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy brings 'Holderness' out of the lock to pick us up and have the pleasure of steering through Tixall Wide.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQvtsTYxRFDDKQ4lpWFTIgsn0Sz2IAhWHZy4Wry_98Mvtcaxe6Fdw-Ohq4aL4McVqLy5jVmCRPL33SCutU2EttQjt1xQ93U-pplfPjC5RNVPh28zKx36qt4iNR9t-lINPZLiJb4VT7MgUsXBA2AuOBowBYhymw1bS3hhf-77gVDuD9NP6ttPoyfUnN_8/s5184/IMG_5906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQvtsTYxRFDDKQ4lpWFTIgsn0Sz2IAhWHZy4Wry_98Mvtcaxe6Fdw-Ohq4aL4McVqLy5jVmCRPL33SCutU2EttQjt1xQ93U-pplfPjC5RNVPh28zKx36qt4iNR9t-lINPZLiJb4VT7MgUsXBA2AuOBowBYhymw1bS3hhf-77gVDuD9NP6ttPoyfUnN_8/w568-h426/IMG_5906.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always impressive the gatehouse of Ingestre Hall is iconic. I quite fancy spending a weekend there, just to watch the boats on the Wide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we approached Haywood Junction Helen saw a little cruiser coming to turn into the Staffs. and Worcester. He lets us come out to turn to st'bd and head towards Fradley but as there was nothing on the services we reversed up and topped up with water and dumped the rubbish. We had intended to drop down Haywood lock and moor up by the Trent, but as a sunny spot before the lock landing was free we stopped and took advantage.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095902002955546664.post-86456646412705543172023-07-07T20:18:00.000+02:002023-07-07T20:18:21.594+02:00Shropshire and the Staffordshire.<div style="text-align: left;"> There were plenty of boats going in both directions before we set off this morning in occasional sunny periods</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78IUtfb3cXYNbsQapBZk7uB_Y4yV5qN2Hl6tL6Of5DevnUE8Xaxkukwp-H3dH5ohFVojOKLK2UfFd56rdFYf-sC03oezPlqKcFyynb63JoFrhMsN_8Pwkg35bPgXNuHYFZ6VI3FrCNhB7Z6dHg8ATyIMnOIuQvJgXV_0N5tLxoBu083wCG2DxA2eYSvs/s5184/IMG_5854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78IUtfb3cXYNbsQapBZk7uB_Y4yV5qN2Hl6tL6Of5DevnUE8Xaxkukwp-H3dH5ohFVojOKLK2UfFd56rdFYf-sC03oezPlqKcFyynb63JoFrhMsN_8Pwkg35bPgXNuHYFZ6VI3FrCNhB7Z6dHg8ATyIMnOIuQvJgXV_0N5tLxoBu083wCG2DxA2eYSvs/w625-h468/IMG_5854.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking back at Brewod Church reminds me somewhat of the church at Braunston</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq1YKR22CAnexAagz-E1JQcTSOLKiJgQckWTXMRM9ycKYhPy0n5JnmGLPay-QZEF93M-G8e8wuJPtuGyLnNyvVQcUzsP6iSMqtGQ0fBmFJCVLWr0CeyXrU6W28qZKcL7094zvmFh_rmwDv7rGDYfMSjVsEZPmFvMcLjAkCCeECQwBD1s6ZZ8uA6r1khE/s5184/IMG_5858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq1YKR22CAnexAagz-E1JQcTSOLKiJgQckWTXMRM9ycKYhPy0n5JnmGLPay-QZEF93M-G8e8wuJPtuGyLnNyvVQcUzsP6iSMqtGQ0fBmFJCVLWr0CeyXrU6W28qZKcL7094zvmFh_rmwDv7rGDYfMSjVsEZPmFvMcLjAkCCeECQwBD1s6ZZ8uA6r1khE/w623-h467/IMG_5858.JPG" width="623" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last night Macy decided she wanted to go for a bit of a walk. Somewhat problematic as she is pretty deaf and blind. However I walked about with her just in case a dog appeared etc. This morning she was sitting on the back step wanting to go out so we sat her down. She soon got fed up of the vibrations over the engine I think and went to sit on the front step instead.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKDL1SzdSynyV44jUsBF-_enAxOPxDBlAoxaiLyag0YUuM7kGZ6o8_48nbZdGMswbqjsm_s2VloQxHP2GF_D8d1G0WsYzx97wrzeEGKMpla-mpfrYyi8gbR1Owd-v11LFuFDZekkiPIHjjXs_4NIqGkMzQeFehG9sLEggG5l5YkrAr9bzw179YRiLH0o/s5184/IMG_5861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKDL1SzdSynyV44jUsBF-_enAxOPxDBlAoxaiLyag0YUuM7kGZ6o8_48nbZdGMswbqjsm_s2VloQxHP2GF_D8d1G0WsYzx97wrzeEGKMpla-mpfrYyi8gbR1Owd-v11LFuFDZekkiPIHjjXs_4NIqGkMzQeFehG9sLEggG5l5YkrAr9bzw179YRiLH0o/w611-h459/IMG_5861.JPG" width="611" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last boat to pass us never really got above tick over once we had passed the moorings and with the best will in the world That speed wouldn't suit us today. I gave him time to speed up, or allow us to pass, but although seeing us, he just ignored us.I don't understand this as it can not be conducive to relaxed boating having a boat close astern. ( I was not this close all the time I assure you), just as it is not relaxing being stuck behind somebody going much slower than you want to. I believe he should have the right to go as slow as he wants, just as I have the right to go as fast as I want, within the regulations so why not just pullover and let the fate boat past. That is what we try to do. In the end I closed to this distance so Helen could ask him if it would be alright for us to pass! He let us. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmtjhz362WBS-84WO2bOSPo5WZIryX1NJv96lwcV2271_LuqqFsGwzrNYZLv8iex1wcN6jaRD0iUMY8m1ummz8vIrxhKISpuqe8kn8RnXjQn_d69NNjEMVfMTfNDGw6ZslrWm1c7dasTS6myZJh_JWStGSSNTNfgpaq3gfUC8jEelW0zKcCEQRWhp_cQ/s5184/IMG_5864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmtjhz362WBS-84WO2bOSPo5WZIryX1NJv96lwcV2271_LuqqFsGwzrNYZLv8iex1wcN6jaRD0iUMY8m1ummz8vIrxhKISpuqe8kn8RnXjQn_d69NNjEMVfMTfNDGw6ZslrWm1c7dasTS6myZJh_JWStGSSNTNfgpaq3gfUC8jEelW0zKcCEQRWhp_cQ/w628-h471/IMG_5864.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we passed Wolverhampton Boat club we came across two hire boats go very slowly too. hey were travelling together and doing it slowly, despite only a 6" drop at the stop lock. Obviously the the guy I had overtaken caught us up. He was able to make a sarky comment when they arrived, so I hope it made him feel better. I just thanked him and asked him if had enjoyed the leg. He said no as he kept going aground?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49VSt-UMhxDdJlMO09HW3LdAnSi6bvTggIsClKTSwdSVKOUAmx6yUqC99YVhaFHy4MThPiOn833Pu9_9NW11Lg6f8xwlYQhSVjSYiNWZuC6UbjZ77-SJKYSQ_syYZr3T2NFcdZcjLy6OcrrNRghEC5ZIDvuDV-1WZ999oRExkKVewcLzfdFALpfzVY3M/s5184/IMG_5865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49VSt-UMhxDdJlMO09HW3LdAnSi6bvTggIsClKTSwdSVKOUAmx6yUqC99YVhaFHy4MThPiOn833Pu9_9NW11Lg6f8xwlYQhSVjSYiNWZuC6UbjZ77-SJKYSQ_syYZr3T2NFcdZcjLy6OcrrNRghEC5ZIDvuDV-1WZ999oRExkKVewcLzfdFALpfzVY3M/w632-h474/IMG_5865.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a shame that the toll house isn't featured more. I don't know why, but it always makes me think of an Indian bungalow.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYwpY6aX6KoXQXSDmtYWKEEGV68iKQrZ_9u63wmVfwQMO3w9zr8xF1pv0NL0I0Oc-JY2F4fhpJ-r2EeKBXDu2CT2pvJXrJfQ87netidO1N2Rd9LffXd1RcGVOc8QTDGjDpwK8IpOKX6SYwilQ4YWsfWWQzMaQznbC7W71Ip_4S2tJIJkJsyPACt0-Puw/s5184/IMG_5871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYwpY6aX6KoXQXSDmtYWKEEGV68iKQrZ_9u63wmVfwQMO3w9zr8xF1pv0NL0I0Oc-JY2F4fhpJ-r2EeKBXDu2CT2pvJXrJfQ87netidO1N2Rd9LffXd1RcGVOc8QTDGjDpwK8IpOKX6SYwilQ4YWsfWWQzMaQznbC7W71Ip_4S2tJIJkJsyPACt0-Puw/w359-h479/IMG_5871.JPG" width="359" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Pendeford Rockings were pretty chaotic as the two slow hire boats had gone that way and there was much traffic heading towards them. For the first time ever that I can remember we paused to let a couple of boats pass at one of the bays cut for that reason.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIhMWPrCyuvxmVmTFAGM5GKd5sW5VfYTUyX6vhTx2MfBBRcsy3jmTnX11ddNcNYCV5PkzqOhuw1u1hixMiU3sUj7-Cct0a-gNIM6UE0Aj_p6aQfrRWxFeC2rqeVt7QdkyTxhLUo0SBItytBQxxuAMXWM897iUCqJXY6vq3UjabiZa9MeIWDF3jZg81Zo/s5184/IMG_5877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIhMWPrCyuvxmVmTFAGM5GKd5sW5VfYTUyX6vhTx2MfBBRcsy3jmTnX11ddNcNYCV5PkzqOhuw1u1hixMiU3sUj7-Cct0a-gNIM6UE0Aj_p6aQfrRWxFeC2rqeVt7QdkyTxhLUo0SBItytBQxxuAMXWM897iUCqJXY6vq3UjabiZa9MeIWDF3jZg81Zo/w597-h448/IMG_5877.JPG" width="597" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A boat made use of the winding hole before Hatherton Junction, and by the time he was round and heading in the same direction as us there were three boats behind me.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87croObjRwuoI1OFj62VimnD1KzeISq5ufX12W9jU-nY59Bg2K_oqsPMS4PRYkglfac2hbS1OeQkSrrgTcUYtPurz5OUsYrgvyVPfpzlTb3vixiz3YZAW9jf3DKyQ3eq1BAvkBH0JNyj9vK8siyAkcipOnnPfLt1Jdzf9Li_CWRemCkGZ5bDvfMa7uyg/s5184/IMG_5882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87croObjRwuoI1OFj62VimnD1KzeISq5ufX12W9jU-nY59Bg2K_oqsPMS4PRYkglfac2hbS1OeQkSrrgTcUYtPurz5OUsYrgvyVPfpzlTb3vixiz3YZAW9jf3DKyQ3eq1BAvkBH0JNyj9vK8siyAkcipOnnPfLt1Jdzf9Li_CWRemCkGZ5bDvfMa7uyg/w576-h431/IMG_5882.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the time we had reached Gailey we ad caught up with the two hire boats and there were four boats behind us!. Then wanted to come off the fuel berth and head down the locks. When we got on the landing by the water point we connected to the hose and were full before we had to move off towards the lock.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFuHihzSp-Ddcuy1aeUDgKB26VjFPDg1lhr8BGUgW2093t1GzhAzYXsGnLYXg6bkYmfH8nT4Ed_jT63YgO8KDlmTksdxVCO_fZgK3a27QXhzQdaYJweeSWqhiNiOpz6Z7jNVVlpyim1Ojow85XXVh-sfNDzvad8lzQFVcvyQ75IKVDTAnDmwyK3TltvI/s5184/IMG_5883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFuHihzSp-Ddcuy1aeUDgKB26VjFPDg1lhr8BGUgW2093t1GzhAzYXsGnLYXg6bkYmfH8nT4Ed_jT63YgO8KDlmTksdxVCO_fZgK3a27QXhzQdaYJweeSWqhiNiOpz6Z7jNVVlpyim1Ojow85XXVh-sfNDzvad8lzQFVcvyQ75IKVDTAnDmwyK3TltvI/w396-h528/IMG_5883.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The round house was looking ice with the roses, and the shop is till open.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pYbLwXTo6ScaftO0m-zhFeWq1KhnTzwP7SelmKjc2AiQTA4_7Fz_3gAr99avFA5pP45X6qAvCQoFrxDRvWNTCScc5wR9yrv3v6ImsfuWQI4E215BlIbZzJlGhN69RBG8dfQjVqEeuMVLu52VmoZGAmy2-CF0i23Lc75zl_v1r588KmhQQ1oV897vPLM/s5184/IMG_5884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pYbLwXTo6ScaftO0m-zhFeWq1KhnTzwP7SelmKjc2AiQTA4_7Fz_3gAr99avFA5pP45X6qAvCQoFrxDRvWNTCScc5wR9yrv3v6ImsfuWQI4E215BlIbZzJlGhN69RBG8dfQjVqEeuMVLu52VmoZGAmy2-CF0i23Lc75zl_v1r588KmhQQ1oV897vPLM/w632-h474/IMG_5884.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I often try to catch a picture of the numerous herons that fly off as we approach and never get the timing right. As we approached Brick Kiln Lock I managed it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmK73YNFAkzw_Nol7wVK8AcAnbTidf6Vc_quG-jztl6SVk645doOm1FUBclhgz0E5VPRE3BAA0PmJh6G3BzxzyKiD0SHgkEhDK1YLuvRbOpdx8P62P1AuJJJh9y38--3ryJnQeSS90HRCANYfUkRtnIt3iJZE0OImlyYoAnikvmdqxyqqSotyP6_Q3oGU/s5184/IMG_5885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmK73YNFAkzw_Nol7wVK8AcAnbTidf6Vc_quG-jztl6SVk645doOm1FUBclhgz0E5VPRE3BAA0PmJh6G3BzxzyKiD0SHgkEhDK1YLuvRbOpdx8P62P1AuJJJh9y38--3ryJnQeSS90HRCANYfUkRtnIt3iJZE0OImlyYoAnikvmdqxyqqSotyP6_Q3oGU/w633-h475/IMG_5885.JPG" width="633" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls at Otherton Lock Looking forward to mooring up and eating out. Otherton Lock is still like a Whirl Pool with bubbles everywhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were expecting the moorings to be full so took the first one we could after Filance Bridge, despite the armco being well battered. Quite a good idea s it turned out. We went to the Cross Keys for a pint of Banks' mild and then on to the Star before getting food at the Boat. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMBlbt72F5NNLzRyeOYg7U7DGPjgugt95MaKsWJ1rotklt89D4rNB_y6rr-d1pYbiInHCbIsfgll5cdrWMf9NL9zxck3v5lG62_mRouOS1bL_LYitOPCJsy4oik2CzhGSSmUYpyPT-xIdQeOPWckG6h_kBMJ2_dWSoQYZLyeGlVfgtcfV8Q2f-M8j1cc/s5184/IMG_5886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMBlbt72F5NNLzRyeOYg7U7DGPjgugt95MaKsWJ1rotklt89D4rNB_y6rr-d1pYbiInHCbIsfgll5cdrWMf9NL9zxck3v5lG62_mRouOS1bL_LYitOPCJsy4oik2CzhGSSmUYpyPT-xIdQeOPWckG6h_kBMJ2_dWSoQYZLyeGlVfgtcfV8Q2f-M8j1cc/w408-h544/IMG_5886.JPG" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking back to the boat via the towpath and the horse tunnel at Penkridge Lock meant we could see how good was our stopping as soon as we did, as there was no room up to the service, and one of the two hire boats was on the lock landing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is market day here tomorrow, so I am told that we are having a look around before we leave. I am on the look out for a couple of things too, so no argument from me.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NB Holdernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324373079055387816noreply@blogger.com2