Upped pins and set off mid morning while it was still quite cool. This section of the Oxford north of Fenny Compton is a 'contour canal' that is it follows the contours, going round the hills rather than over the top via locks. There are therefore 10 drop dead gorgeous lock free miles as far as Napton. The weather was perfick and the landscape more than perfick. Spent time spotting how many tractors and combines (wildly active with rain forecast tomorrow) had amber flashy lights on. Then spent time wondering why a combine working in the middle of a huge field with no living soul for an imperial mile.... should need a bar of amber flashing lights on top. Probably to scare the field mice,
After said 10 lock free miles Napton comes along to bite you on the bum with 8 locks all in one go. Safely through these the Oxford Canal quickly comes to an end and we joined the Grand Union - again lock free so we made good time. Moored for the night about a mile outside Braunston Village.
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| Napton top lock with glorious Warwickshire as a backdrop |
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