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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