Wednesday 9th September 2020
Another week has passed and social restrictions have been tightened. This time evidence shows that it’s kids and young adults who are the problem – better off boating then.
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| Shipton Weir Lock |
We boarded Jannock at lunchtime but it was 2:45pm before we finally left the mooring near Shipton bridge. Our first lock was shared with another boat, the owners of which didn’t think they could, as it was a diamond shaped lock up onto the River Cherwell. It was designed this way to extract as much water as possible from the river each time it was used in order to keep the canal topped up.
The sun finally came out as we were nearing Kirtlington Quarry, an old favourite mooring of ours – so we did!
Graham planned to do a 200 hour engine service (oil, filter and gearbox oil) whilst the weather was nice. Brenda remembered the blackberries were always nice here so off she went foraging. She went right up to the top of the quarry and found alovely quiet spot to sit and look out over the miles of counrtyside listening to natures soundtrack.
On her return to Jannock she cooked a batch of blackberry and wild mint muffins and a tray of Blackberry Oat bars.
Our mooring at Kirtlington Quarry was /// coins.danger.fallback
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