Date - 30/03/08 Day - Sunday Start - 0930 End - 1730 Last night we ate in the Barley Mow at Newbold and were pleasantly surprised. It's now under "new management" and very welcoming. We set off this morning in bright sun shine at 9 30 and found the South Oxford quite busy with several boats at the Hillmorton flight. We past Rugby at about five past ten but I think they must have forgotten to change the time clocks as the magnet wasn't on and we sailed straight by. At the top of Hillmorton locks we were haled by Kate and John on "Black Pig" so we had a quick word as we were well ahead of the other boats locking up. We continued on in bright sunshine to Braunston where we turned right on to the Grand Union/South Oxford canal. The sunken hulks are still on the Puddle Banks I expect BW will end up clearing that mess up unless they can make a case against the land owner. Further on some of the boats on the off side are displaying brand new licenses but some still have 07 in the windows. At Wigrams Turn we turned right again up the GU and down through Calcutt Locks. We continued on to Stockton where at The Boat Andy and Jan were about to get in their car called out to us. They were down looking at the new Ownerships boat from Poland that was put in the water yesterday. We saw Andy again as we winded in the entrance to Stockton Marina right beside the new boat. After winding we retraced our steps for about a mile and moored for the night still in bright sunshine. This has been the best day we have had sofar this trip. Once moored I got on with a few maintenance jobs, the front door lock was a pain to unlock when we arrived so I removed it and stripped it down, I then oiled and reassembled it,, once I got the 5 leavers back in the right order it worked again. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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