Wednesday 13th September
Tadpole Bridge to Rushey & back
Mike, Wendy, cats Tilly & Mandy
By the time we were ready to move off, Tilly was out & didn't return, so we
abandoned our plan to head for Lechlade. We desperately needed a pump-out &
decided on an out-and-back run to the top of Rushey lock where there was
one. We set off at 13:28 and were back by 14:45, having had the pump-out
and also emptied the stand-by Porta-Potti. Then I headed back to London via
a taxi to Oxford station.
DAY'S RUN 1.5 miles, 2 locks in 1 hr 2 min
Thursday 14th to Tuesday 19th September
Stationary at Tadpole Bridge
Wendy, cats Tilly & Mandy (Mike for part of the time)
The cats brought back many hunting trophies to the boat. Wendy lunched at
the pub each day (very good) and explored the local villages. Buckland
doesn't have a shop, but Bampton has. On Friday the level came up and
flooded the landing-path. She saw our friends Aileen & Shady travelling
downstream. Other friends Eric & Sally in Chérie moored with us overnight
on Friday, as did Aquila whose dogs played with Chérie's Alfie. On Saturday
Eric & Sally headed off to Kelmscot. The water returned to its normal
level.
I came back on Monday and we had dinner at the pub. On the way back (having
forgotten to bring a torch and with the grass wet with dew), Wendy had a
fall and injured her arm. On Tuesday she got a taxi to Witney hospital,
where they thought two fingers might be broken, and there was a lot of
soft-tissue damage to the arm. They made an appointment for her at the John
Radcliffe for Friday afternoon.
Wednesday 20th September
Tadpole Bridge to Swinford Toll Bridge
Mike, Wendy, cats Tilly & Mandy
Eric & Sally came back and moored up, and they & I had lunch in the pub.
After discussing various other possibilities, they offered to help us to
Eynsham (on the basis that its easier for 3½ people to move two boats than
for 1½ to move one. We set off with them an 15:45 and at 19:15 we tied up
about 10 minutes' walk above the Swinford Toll Bridge, where the moorings
are free of charge. Mike walked up to the Talbot to find out about buses
and/or taxis and discovered a very good bus service to Oxford. We all had
dinner on board Chérie.
DAY'S RUN 13.5 miles, 3 locks in 3 hrs 30 min
Thursday 21st September 2006
Local at Eynsham
Wendy, cats Tilly & Mandy
I left the boat at about 07:20 to get a bus to Oxford to go to the Museum. I
planned recruiting an extra crew member for my return. Wendy walked up into
Eynsham village where she found some quite reasonable shopping but no
greengrocer. Eric & Sally went for a 6-mile walk. Alfie (their dog) was
exhausted.
At 16:00 Eric & Sally moved the two boats, breasted up, to a better mooring
the other side of the bridge, a good mooring, officially a 24-hour one,
within reach of the water point above Eynsham lock. The lock-keeper agreed
to Wendy staying over.
DAY'S RUN 0.2 miles, no locks in about 10 minutes
--
Mike Stevens
narrowboat Felis Catus III
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
No man is an island. So is Man.
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