Monday 2 April 2012

Claydon and Fenny Compton

We set off from Fenny after filling with water, and cruised as slowly as possible to the locks in the hope that the queue might have dissipated a bit by the time we arrived.  It might have worked, had not the balance beam on one of the locks snapped which slowed things down more than a little.  After a while some BW guys armed with a couple of tirfor winches, a rectangle of plywood, and a bag of nails had managed a temporary repair and we were on our way.  The scarecrows that used to be characteristic of Clattercote Wharf seemed to be missing, until I noticed them clustered around the back of one of the buildings.


We moored for the night at Cropredy above the lock. 
 

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