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Banbury trip!

In the half term week of May/June 2005 my father and I took Khayamanzi down the Oxford canal to Banbury and back to do some shopping! Apart from managing to snap both alternator belts at the same time just outside Brinklow arches, (hats off to RCR who got us up and running again in a little over an hour on a Bank holiday Sunday!) and having to queue for 2 and a half hours at the Claydon flight, the trip was fairly uneventful!

Very busy with hundreds of hire boats adding to the entertainment and weather ranging from glorious sunshine to howling wind and hammering rain. I was forced on two evenings to light the cabin stove again!

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Interesting to note it is 2 hours cruising from Marston turn to Trinity marina and 10 hours cruising from Braunston to Trinity, (plus 4 locks.)

Total miles travelled - 106

Total locks completed - 50

Total hours cruised - 60.45

  1. View Passing under the motorway
  2. View The very tame duck at Braunston
  3. View A master 'knots-smith' at work
  4. View Tranquil scene on the Oxford canal
  5. View Exiting from Newbold tunnel on the journey home
  6. View A 'Turks-Head' my father made to protect the tiller
  7. View Simba watching the world go by
  8. View My bird scarers - a present to the boat from Crick
  9. View Passing through Banbury - journeys end!

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