We are continuing our leisurely journey down the Oxford canal and have just spent a couple of nights moored up at Lower Hayford, a favourite mooring from our last trip down the Oxford. The only problem with it is that it seems to be the only place in the country that my “3” mi-fi broadband can’t get a signal whatsoever so we have been cut off from the world.
After our couple of nights at Flecknoe we motored on to Cropready for a night and then on to Lower Hayford. The weather has been absolutely superb so much so that one evening after a long day travelling I found that I appeared to be travelling with a panda rather than Sarah as, hatless but with large sunglasses on she had spent most of the day on deck and with the breeze blowing hadn’t realised quite how strong the sun was. Unfortunately I was forbidden under pain of death to take a photograph of her to show you.
The only cloud this week was really that Sarah’s bad knee has returned after she had a day locking up the Napton flight so since then she has been on the tiller and I’ve done the locks. We managed to get her some lubrication for it in Banbury (no, not a bottle of scotch) and hopefully after the last couple of days rest she is at least walking again. In fact we went to see Roushall Gardens Saturday afternoon which is about a mile and a half from where we were moored. It is well worth the visit, privately owned, not the National Trust, and very low key, no shop, no cafe etc just acres of well tended gardens to wander in and admire. The knee seemed to survive.
Sunday we moved on a few miles to Thrupp. What a change in the weather, really cold and we were wrapped up all day. The day had not started exactly well as I decided to tighten up the stern gland and had just stuck my head down the hatch when it decided to drop on my head. The engine cover is probably 8mm steel with a sharp edge to it. The only saving grace was that I was wearing a cap so it was cushioned slightly but as they say two heads are better than one.
We plan to spend a couple of nights here enjoying the glorious weather which has returned today before dropping down on to the Thames.
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| Tree house overhanging the canal at Lower Hayford |
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| Roushall Gardens |
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| Roushall Gardens |
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| Roushall Gardens |
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| A folly on the walk to Steeple Aston |
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| ? another folly |
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Lower Haywood church across the River Cherwell
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