The main theme of today is the rural nature of the canal between Oxford and Banbury.
...... beyond Oxford there are only small villages either on or half a mile away from the canal.
Some of the locks are very deep........... and awkward ......
this little chap meant that you had to get dead centre before you you could get in without bashing the side ...
The deepest one was this one I cannot remember how deep .........
but extremely picturesquewith all the plants growing around it ............
....................... amazing to think that these locks were all built for 70' boats, our size, full of grain or whatever to be hoisted around by a horse and family in the 19th Century. I would not have fancied it.
We have moored at the most beautiful location for the night.
cycled to this lovely-looking but crowded pub about a mile away for a pint of Old Hooky and a Cappuccino and, no, Maggie did not fall in on the way back !!
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