On the 2nd, Elizabeth returned from Cambridge and we set out from Twyford just past 4 in the afternoon. We had a warm and lazy cruise through to such a country setting beyond Aynho and short of Somerton Deep Lock. We passed this lovely Swan family on the way. Clearly they have managed to keep the one Signet from the vagaries of the food chain.
Along the way, we travelled through Nells' Lock, by Nell's bridge, the oldest on the Oxford Canal. Just lovely. And amazing to know that 250+ years later, it is still in active use.
Our mooring was so isolated that we moored next to long grasses where you could hardly have seen us! We believe that we were almost on the county line of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. In the morning, Pete heard quite a splash and turned his head to see this swimming deer. It seems likely that it fell in while going for a drink and then surprised itself with a swimming lesson! It tried a number of places to climb out again and seems to have been successful, thankfully. We haven't yet taken lessons on How To Save a Deer From a Canal. We must sign up.
