As forecast Thursday turned wet so as predicted we did do some retail therapy and we are ashamed to say that we got a few Christmas pressies! Oh! I hear you cry not in September!
We woke on Friday to a bitterly cold morning but the sun was soon shining and we left our mooring under clear blue skies.
Passing Tooley's Boatyard under blue skies
The water was very quiet and the countryside looked beautiful with little autumn hints appearing in the hedgerows. Steady progress southward was made with the help of a single handed boater who suggested we share Aynho Lock, a diamond shaped lock and something we had never done before.
Later we were able to help out again when we came across the same chap having problems keeping one of the many lifting bridges along this stretch lifted! Every time he got the bridge open it started to close before he could get back to his boat. Jenny stepped up to the mark and used her 'derriere ' to sit on the beam whilst he and then Sid passed through!
Our warm day's cruising finished at a delightful mooring at Heyford Common where watched the sun go done, far too early these days.
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