Easter

The Oxford Crew had been out for a long weekend, up the Thames and we met up with them at Thrupp, having driven up from Cornwall this morning. We were an hour earlier than scheduled so they were not quite ready for us! The three girls seemed to have had a good time.

Eventually, they were ready, came up through the well-known liftr bridge to moor so that we could off-load our luggage, drive up to Lower Heyford, change to the other car, come back down and load up their belongings. As a result it was after five before we set off (the Oxfordshire Dayboats were due to return and wanted the mooring spot back!)

We only managed an hour and a half before we opted for a mooring when we saw a good spot just below Kidlington Green Lock - not all of the banks along this stretch have enough depth to moor, but this was a recently piled section so we - correctly - concluded that it we be deeper!

Time to check out the extra bits of work which had been done in the previous week - a small, long, shelf in the main bedroom (especially for morning mugs of tea and the alarm clock: the latter has been knocked onto the floor so many times it is a wonder it still works!), modification to the new side window frame, a new radio aerial and better insulation to the led lights, which had been failing from condensation. With halogens, their high temperature had kept them dry when in use, although there had been some sign that they too had suffered in the same way.

It was a wonderful evening and still quite warm, but we still lit the fire!