Thursday 14th May, Above Kings Lock
An early start rewarded us with a slight mist on the river and the sights of young ducks, coots and today, young grebes hitching a lift on the back of a parent. We operated Sandford lock ourselves. I timed the whole thing purely out of interest; it was 25 minutes.
It would have been less, but the top gates had been left wide open.
We stopped at Osney for Myra to visit the laundrette and on her return, to go for an all day breakfast at Micks café opposite the YMCA – wonderful!
Ray, the Osney lock keeper told us of the forecast for heavy overnight rain and to be careful of our choice of moorings.
We plumped for the meadow above Kings lock; from here we could be back on the canal system in 15 minutes if need be and always assuming Yellow boards rather than Red ones!
2009 Totals – Locks 176; Miles 299; Bus pass uses 2.
