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8th October 2009

We awoke to a wonderful, autumnal bright sunny morning and it remained thus almost all day.
We had the by now familiar run back to Lower Heyford but were planning the timing to arrive as late as possible - in fact we finally tied up just before six.

Progress through some of the earlier locks was a bit slow: not only was the hotel pair just ahead of us but in front of them was a boat being towed and it seemed that they were not too expert at it! (At least that was the view of another skipper!) However, with such wonderful weather and plenty of time we were not at all phased by the delays.

We took a longish lunch break above Nells Bridge lock, enjoying being able to sit in the sunshine. We set off before the hotel boats and the towing pair were due to stop at Aynho.

Eventually we arrived at Lower Heyford and, taking some time about it, just managed to slot our boat in its proper place. Christine suggested that we go to the pub for a meal rather than cook - not a bad suggestion!