Date - 1 September Day - Friday Start - 0900 Slat Mill Lock End - 1700 Engine Arm Napton
Last night we were moored about 150 yards below the lock, Around half nine the restaurant boat from Banbury came through and returned about an hour later. It was totally dark and no one would have been any the wiser if they had moored on the outskirts of Banbury and just left the engine running. This morning a couple of boats came by before we were about, we planed to set off at nine. I had just started the engine and fitted the tiller when the narrowboat India came into sight, so rather than jumping ahead of them I went up and set the lock, we then followed them up until a single hander pushed off from the water point at Cropredy in front of us. We carried on in procession up the Claydon flight and with a bit more spacing to Fenny where India stopped for diesel and the single hander for gas. As we passed the Wharf pub a boat disappeared through the bridge ahead of us but we soon caught them up, they were going so slow it was unbelievable, but fortunately after about half a mile they pulled over and waved us passed. We then had a good run back to our home moorings and were all tied up by 5. An hour later India came by, they had caught up with the slow boat and followed them all the way to Marston Doles as they hadn't been able to get by. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit my Web site at http://www.harnser.info 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/
