Wednesday, 20 June 2018

A Rare sighting

Yesterday we had out first sighting of grass cutters.  The hope is that as we progress further south it may not be so jungle like as we walk the towpaths!

Sadly I failed to get a picture.....we may never see any more....

Last night Geoff declined Maffis invitation to meet half way between our boats for a drink as he was watching football!!!   Sad........

However this morning we have moved down below the lock onto the 14 day moorings right behind MillieM and Maffi.   Maffi came out to help us moor .....I therefore had more trouble than I ever do mooring up, which might just have had a little to do with the fact that he was running his engine in gear!!  The wind might have played a part as well. 

Ah well......Coffee on board with Maffi and Susan so equilibrium restored

Total distance:0.99 miles Elapsed time:1h50m14s Locks:1Bridges:9 
Average speed:0.54 mph (1.08 lock/mph
Geoff is now settled nicely for a few days whilst I visit Emma in London.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Gill, good to see you're back onboard. You are right about the towpaths, not only on the Oxford are they awful but experiencing the same on the GU mainline to Warwick which in places are impassible.