I had booked holiday today and so I started the morning by giving Jannock's starboard side a wash. We then moved off and winded at Braunston turn to return, right side on, for a self pumpout. Once this was completed we then winded in the marina entrance and set off Northbound again. Onto the northern Oxford canal and cruised until 13:30 when we tied up and I set off to fetch the car from Cosgrove, on the Di Blasi. We had a very close near miss with a Viking Afloat craft at one of those rickety (falling down really) accommodation bridges. She was going like a bat out of hell and didn't even get into reverse before ramming the piling. The boat following said they had been bouncing from side to side all the way from Hillmorton. No other boat sightings to report and a very short cruising day today. This year is a complete weather change to 2007's Mayday holiday - see our very damp trip report for the Lee and Stort to see how cold and wet it was last year.
Graham www.jannock.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
