End of Short Trip

February 6th

It was an eerie, misty morning, rather cold but dry as we set off back to Lower Heyford. Nothing unusual to report on the journey, but it felt good just to be able to amble along with only a few walkers to be seen - no boats (although we did see one yesterday).

Back at base we made an attempt to tidy up the sliding cover to the rear entrance but, sadly, it will not be long before we have to replace the ply insert as it has begun to delaminate.

After lunch we went into Oxford as we were due to look after the girls whilst parents went out for a meal. As it happened, their favourite place could offer them either 6pm or 10pm so they opted for the earlier one.

During the afternoon, Ellie gave Granny a tutorial on Facebook and insisted on taking a new photo to upload to her profile.

With parents off for an early dinner, we were left to feed and bath the youngsters - Jessica and Alice were all complete by the time Joanna And Adrian returned - it was, of course, far too early for Ellie to be thinking about such things!

As we reached the turn off from the main road to Lower Heyford, the traffic lights were not working not were they at the bridge. The village was in darkness as well - there seemed to be a power cut which also meant that we could not operate the automatic gates to get into the boatyard. Not knowing how long it would be, we drove around to an alternative entrance to the moorings but discovered that we had neglected to take a torch with us. Cloud meant that there was not even moonlight so we must have been a quaint sight with Christine hanging on to Mike's coat as we gingerly found our way!