In Cropredy for Spring

Well, we're out! We set out on Saturday just before noon and moored up in a gorgeous spot two locks below the top of Napton Flight on the Oxford Canal. Wonderful. bit.ly/cO201Q says Pete's phone, Chester, about where we were. We had a stunning day travelling and so enjoyed the sunshine and our colleague travellers! We even had to do a boat rescue. A boat had gone adrift, as another boat had travelled by so fast and caused such a wave that this boat's pins and lines had pulled out of the tow path. Elizabeth hopped off Bella's bows, climbed over a bridge to get to the opposite side of the canal, another boater travelling north handed the pin with rope attached over the roof to her, and she tied the boat to the bridge. At the same time, Pete had moved Bella alongside and then Elizabeth hopped across the stern to go back home. International Rescue, eat your hearts out! The fun thing is that the boaters ended up being behind us up the Napton flight of locks and we had much fun chatting!

The next morning we were away before 9 and travelled the rest of the Napton flight, stopped in Fenny Compton at the new shop at the Wharf Inn where we virtually lived frozen in a few years ago, then descended the Claydon flight and worked our way to Cropredy. Chester says it's here: bit.ly/brO5bW.

Last night we met at the Brasenose with wonderful friends who have just bought a boat to live on the canals again and then met new friends, visiting from Melbourne. They're just about to arrive for coffee, so logging off arrives!