One of the murals underneath a bridge.

September 4th 2013
3 locks, 425 in total. When there are only 4 locks on the North Oxford canal in 25 miles I fail to understand why lock volunteers are needed here. Locks are fun and exercise – cruise the rivers if you don't want to work locks. The Hillmorton locks are paired and you use whichever one is either set for you or is empty, so there really shouldn't be any sort of bottle ... read more

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Dunlin 2013

Dunlin

In common with many others, we intend going on a cruise in our retirement, albeit a DIY affair. There will be no dressing for dinner at the Captain's table because she's fairly laid back about that sort of thing. My intention is to write a travel log but I have no idea if we will have adequate broadband access on a daily basis and indeed whether I shall have anything worth saying. Please paste the link below into www.maps.google.com for our projected route plan, which is subject to change depending on: canal stoppages flood drought time inclination The red line... full info

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