Banbury and Aynho

26.08.15
Once again we leave our mooring and head off on a familiar route towards Oxford. The logistics of getting to the boat and loading stuff are fairly complicated. Having spent a couple of days with friends in Wales, I dropped Pete and several extra bits of boat necessities off at Fenny Compton on Friday 21st and took the car back home.
Pete moved the boat on to Claydon top lock and then manned several locks by himself to Banbury. I joined him there by train on 25th, having left my car at Mum's in Kingston. I am logging all this to show how tricky it can all be when you will no longer need cars but have to transport clobber to the boat.

This trip we are travelling on the Thames again - it's our favourite month for it. We are cruising slowly to Kingston where I can visit Mum and use the car to get to London to babysit my grandson for a day - my first stint at looking after him on my own as his mummy is returning to work.

We lit the fire on my first night on the boat in Banbury! It's August, but cold and wet. Second night spent at Aynho and we managed about an hour sitting on the towpath in the sun before the weather reverted to its rainy self, happily we didn't need a fire though.

Lazy heffers paddle opposite our mooring, huge rabbits run the field at dusk, a girl from a boat moored ahead of us takes off barefooted along the towpath to greet her boyfriend arms outstretched , leaping up and wrapping her legs around him in a dramatic welcome! We are back in this very different world.