We pulled pins from Bunny moorings at 09.35 and were soon at Aynho weir lock. This is a shallow diamond shaped lock and it lifts us up and through where The River Cherwell crosses over the canal.
Here we go again and the section above the lock is on yellow boards. The problem will be at the next lock where there is a low bridge in front of the lock and if the water level is too high we will not fit through.
With a few inches to spare on the sides we just about got through the bridge at Nell bridge lock.
Just around the corner from the lock and we always try to stop here at The Pig Place. You just cant beat their Sausages ,Bacon and Chops.
While Carolyn went to pick up some meat myself and the lad went and had a look at the stock on the small farm. Hamish wasn’t sure what to make of the Pigs at the pig place. But one thing I know for sure is that they certainly taste good…
Our cruise today involved going through eight lift bridges ,luckily everyone of them was up so it made life lot easier.
Oops ! This is what happens when a GRP/Plastic boat catches fire. As you can see there is very little left. Lets just hope no one got hurt when this happened.
We finally reached our destination of Banbury and we were lucky to pick up this mooring by The Museum and Tooleys boatyard . Within minutes of mooring Carolyn had enrolled herself in a couple of Aqua fit classes at The Spiceball centre. We will now have a couple of days here before continuing our journey North.
Happy Days
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