Wednesday 9th August 2006 Binsey to Osney via Cassington Cut mouth Crew : Mike, Wendy, cats Tilly& Mandy
Both cats were on board when we woke up, with Mandy very firmly asleep - we assumed she'd had some energetic excursions during the night. We weren't ready for the off when Nick wanted to go, so we let Hood slip out from inboard and Nick's partner pulled us back in to the jetty. Then I went down the weed-hatch to clear what was left of yesterday's crop - about 8 foot of fairly thick rope. Fortunately it was thick enough for the topology of its winding round the blades to be feelable and therefore un-do-able. At 11:14 we set of on a short trip up-river and back. Above King's lock we found Kim Russell of nb "Indus" (we know him as one of the coal boats in London during the winter) working as a Summer Assistant Lock-keeper. We'd noticed "Indus" moored just above the lock when we came through a few days ago. Kim was selling diesel at 50p/litre, so we filled up with 272 litres. Continuing upstream, we winded just near the mouth of Cassington Cut to head into Oxford. At 14:12 The moorings between Osney bridge and the lock appeared full, but we saw Rodney & Wendy Evans' "Scythia" there (a boat we'd moored with on our visit to IWA Milton Keynes Branch earlier in the year), so breasted up to them. They were off the boat at the time, but we chatted briefly with them when they returned from their lunch out. DAY'S RUN 9.2 MILES, 4 LOCKS IN 2 HRS 44 MIN You can read the full story of our boating since we moved aboard FC3 at http://www.mike-stevens.co.uk/reports/index.htm#fc3a -- Mike Stevens nb Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
