August weekend: Day 2

We had a pretty relaxed start to the day, and set off about 9.30.  At first it was very cloudy, and it couldn’t decide whether to be warm or chilly.  We plodded along through Bugbrooke, Furnace Wharf, and High House Wharf, and then spotted a boat coming the other way that we were looking out for.  Rowington, with my second cousin and family on board, heading back to Gayton Marina.  We’ll see them again later.

We stopped at Rugby Boats for diesel and bought a couple of bags of coal so we’re set for our September trip.  Then we turned round at Weedon Wharf.  On the way back, we stopped for lunch at Nether Heyford, but the first place we pulled in turned out to have not one but two wasps nests in the piling.  It probably explains why no-one was moored there.  We pulled forward a bit more, closer to the narrows.

The day had really heated up, and the canal looked lovely.

We passed last night’s mooring six hours after we’d left it.  We tied up for the day at Gayton Junction, somewhere we’ve never stopped before.  We are less than a mile from last night’s mooring, but we’ve taken 13 miles and all day to get here!

Catherine and family and heading along in a bit for a towpath barbecue, so it should be a nice evening.

13 miles, 0 locks.  (23 miles, 7 locks)