Bloggers Surprise

We continued south today, climbing the three paired locks at Hillmorton.  The locks were numbered from 2 to 7 which surprised me at first, until I remembered the stop lock at Hawkesbury Junction which must be number 1.

Then onwards again to reach Braunston Turn where we meet the Grand Union Canal from London to join the combined stretch to Napton Junction.  Are we travelling South on the Oxford Canal or North on the Grand Union Canal?

There were lots of boats on the combined stretch and I was inside checking the maps to see how far we were going to get today when I glanced out of the front.

Passing us already was Derwent6, crewed by bloggers Del and Al. Not remembering their names on the spur of the moment I stuck my head quickly out of the front of the boat and shouted “Hello, fellow bloggers”.  Del looked very surprised for a moment but quickly checked the name of our boat and greeted us too.

He grabbed his camera and took a shot of us disappearing in the distance.  I did likewise, and was able to retrieve one from our Bowcam showing them approaching.

I hope we get to exchange more than a few words next time we meet.

We’re moored at Napton Junction, hoping to get down most of the broad locks on the Grand Union tomorrow, then up Hatton on Saturday.  Any visitors to help with the broad locks will be most welcome to share the work.

Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 21:36       

 

Comments »

1. Hi Paul
   I’d love to assist on Hatton but I don’t think I can get there in time. (Wrong side of the world)
   Don in NZ

   Comment by Don — On 05-06-09 at 11:19

2. Don: Thanks for thinking about helping us through Hatton - just thinking was probably the best idea in view of the awful rain and cold weather we’ve had getting up there today, with no filming done and abandoned for this trip.

   Comment by Paul — On 06-06-09 at 16:50

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