Date - 31/03/08 Day - Monday Start - 11 15 End - 16 00 Napton Home Moorings Another lovely sunny day. Last nights moorings were very quiet, just south of Station Farm long term moorings. We stopped at Calcutt and top the diesel tank up with 152 lt. diesel at 63 pence a lt. before continuing on our way up the flight. In the top lock got chatting to a chap who works from his boat and uses T Mobile to connect to the internet and said coverage was good. We met two Willow Wren boats just before Wigrams and as we knew there were three of them together continued on very cautiously, about a boats length before the junction a bow came into view from the left cutting right across the cut, so we passed on the wrong side. We didn't meet any boats on the Oxford at all before the Folly. Moored here was "No Problem" and I spotted she was online with a usb modem so stopped for a chat, again she uses T Mobile and rates it as the best she has used, far better than data cards and good value for money. While we were talking a boat came along so all the locks should be with us as we set off up the flight. Blue Boar have almost finished dredging the Napton Flight and then they will move up to Marston Doles for about a week. We are moored up on our nice deep freshly dredged moorings facing up stream, its the first time I have ever got in this way round and it gave me a chance to touch up some rust spots on the Port side, so the grey measles is getting worse, I must get a paint job done soon. I also changed the fuel filters, its over 1200hrs since I did them last and they still looked quite clean with no sign of water. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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