9 miles, 11 locks and a less painful back - good progress today. We left Braunston mid-morning and turned south east along the Grand Union Canal. We made our way to Napton junction where we rejected the pretty Oxford Canal, choosing to stay on the Grand Union and turn north instead towards Warwick.
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| Signpost at Naprton Junction. |
We ended the day by going down the Stockton lock flight; 8 locks one after the other. All the locks were against us as we were following a pair going down. Another boat started going through with us but they broke down at the second lock so the rest we did on our own. We got a good routine going and were down in no time; team work - although with Robin doing all the hard work and Jo just steering the boat, he was most of the team!
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| Looking back up the Stockton lock flight. |
We moored for the night at a nice pub conveniently located at the bottom for a well earned drink.
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Moored at the Blue Liars pub.
Blue Lias is a local stone quarried for making cement which contains many fossil remains - hence the seemingly rather random dinosaur on the pub sign! |
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