Tuesday 26th January a potter down to Aynho Wharf......So we thought.

We awoke to a rather windy and blustery day. We looked at the weather and decided it looks even worse for tomorrow so we decided to head off for our rendezvous with Ryan on Wednesday for Jo to pop back for a few days. The only concern we had was the River Cherwell where it crosses the canal at Aynho weir lock. There are river level indicators that show whether it is safe to proceed or not using a traffic light system green for go, yellow for proceed with caution and red for stay where you are.

The indicator was half way through the yellow so it was just about okay to go....

The canal is on the left and the river flows in from the right.

The weir where the river leaves the canal

 

 

Here we are safely in the lock, having made it past the weir, phew....

 

The flow was a lot stronger than you think and as I was lining up for the lock the boat was taken sideways but the strong crosswind helped to compensate for it and we made it safely into the lock.

We Pottered on a bit further and moored up just before Aynho Wharf.