Hi Folks
As wee had 11 locks to complete in the first 3 miles we set off very early hoping to get a head start however "the best laid plans of mice and men" it didn't happen we managed to get as far as the second lock before we hit our first problem which was some daft drunken bugger had left the paddles up and the gates open consequently emptying the pound above the lock (for none boaters a pound is a short stretch of water between locks) IF THE POUND IS EMPTY YOU CANNOT FILL YOUR LOCK , so you have to go to the lock above the one that is empty to bring water down this could entail walking a couple of miles and if there is a series of locks it mounts up anyway after a couple of hours we had it sorted and were now cruising along canals with water in it then believe it or not a boat going into the lock before us broke down in the lock. They had got something around the prop I heard the incident it sounded like metal SO we dragged him out of the lock, it was a hire boat so there was nothing I could do. we are warned not to assist on serious breakdowns on hire boats they could sue us for damage. We assist where can but nothing technical
The rest of the day has been very nice the weather beautiful this part of the Oxford is very nice though it has a thousand twists and turns you seem to be constantly on a bend, boaters today were a different kind most returned our good mornings most new what they were doing and most were courteous. Again mooring is a problem as all the moorings marked on the map are taken up with overstayers tonight we are moored at a place called Fenny Compton I squeezed in between two knackered boats I counted the boats on the visitors moorings there are 18 boats 4 are visiting the rest are Dossing most have no licence I have just email CRT about my concerns that they are NOT doing the Job WE PAY THEM TO DO
Noreen has just put my steak in the pan
got to go
Buggerlugs
As wee had 11 locks to complete in the first 3 miles we set off very early hoping to get a head start however "the best laid plans of mice and men" it didn't happen we managed to get as far as the second lock before we hit our first problem which was some daft drunken bugger had left the paddles up and the gates open consequently emptying the pound above the lock (for none boaters a pound is a short stretch of water between locks) IF THE POUND IS EMPTY YOU CANNOT FILL YOUR LOCK , so you have to go to the lock above the one that is empty to bring water down this could entail walking a couple of miles and if there is a series of locks it mounts up anyway after a couple of hours we had it sorted and were now cruising along canals with water in it then believe it or not a boat going into the lock before us broke down in the lock. They had got something around the prop I heard the incident it sounded like metal SO we dragged him out of the lock, it was a hire boat so there was nothing I could do. we are warned not to assist on serious breakdowns on hire boats they could sue us for damage. We assist where can but nothing technical
The rest of the day has been very nice the weather beautiful this part of the Oxford is very nice though it has a thousand twists and turns you seem to be constantly on a bend, boaters today were a different kind most returned our good mornings most new what they were doing and most were courteous. Again mooring is a problem as all the moorings marked on the map are taken up with overstayers tonight we are moored at a place called Fenny Compton I squeezed in between two knackered boats I counted the boats on the visitors moorings there are 18 boats 4 are visiting the rest are Dossing most have no licence I have just email CRT about my concerns that they are NOT doing the Job WE PAY THEM TO DO
Noreen has just put my steak in the pan
got to go
Buggerlugs
This was weird
down here its called camping
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