Onward to Napton

No Church or pub for Sunday lunch today which is our normal Sunday routine.

 We quietly slid out of our mooring before 7am...sun was shining brightly but it did not last....the clouds soon rolled in.  Still there was no rain...in fact there hasn`t been any rain since we arrived at Petroc....it is probably storing it up ready to pounce...

After the junction where we turned south there are a lot of permanent moorings.
 Some of them have fantastic gardens and then there is this.

A gentle meander as we follow the contours round the hill at Napton.

and so to the bottom of the Napton flight.

We were a lot earlier than planned due to our early start so decided to do the first 6 locks in the hope our favourite space would be available just before the 7th lock.

We had not seen a boat all morning until we were nearly at the locks.......and there he was just ahead of us.   However it was a lovely morning, the clouds were showing signs of breaking up again and we weren`t in a rush.  

We were lucky with our mooring, it was free.   A few years ago there used to be a cafe here on a buffalo farm but sadly no longer.  Geoff is feeling deprived of his snacks.   I am not a baker but I make one cake only which we normally partake of during the summer months.  However I have forgotten the one essential ingredient...ALL BRAN!!  So no cake until we reach a supermarket and that wont be before Banbury next weekend.   Still good for the figure and we have lots of fruit on board.

Total distance:8.64 miles 
Elapsed time:4h18m16s
 Locks:6
Bridges:22 
Average speed:2.01 mph (2.24 lock/mph)