As we climbed up the Napton flight today, boaters coming down said 'Very shallow on the summit'; we have found that for our 30" static draught it is always shallow and hard to steer. Looking at the overspill weir above Marston Doles locks, it was a couple of inches down which caused a few more course corrections but too bad at all.
Our progress would be more accurately described as 'Royal' rather than 'Commercial'
At least it is still open unlike the Leeds and Liverpool canal which will be closed after 2nd August.
We were able to get right into the edge at the Wormleighton moorings looking back at Napton, so that is where we stopped and Myra managed to get all of the washing dry quickly in the strong wind and sunshine.
