Today's travelling took us from Cropredy to Fenny Compton. On the way (was it at Clattercote?) I saw this sadly abandoned narrowboat in a small side arm (or winding hole?) being gradually taken over by trees and other plant life.
I hadn't spotted it on the way down the canal three weeks ago as this is the view from that direction:
No, it's not another kingfisher photo.
Speaking of which, well done to Steve of
Albert, who identified its location (I think) from the blurry mess in yesterday's blog post. The kingfisher is the fuzzy blue blob in the centre of the image below, cropped from the original.
Back to today, and one set of bottom gates on the Claydon flight is remarkable for being made of iron. There are no wooden liners where the gates meet; despite this they seem to leak no worse than other, wooden, gates.
We strolled down to the village of Fenny Compton after tying up and eating lunch. Since we were here last the Co-op has lost a large part of the front of the shop after a JCB (or JCB-type machine) was used to rip out the cash machine. Apparently there was only £40 in it. (Sorry, no photo.)
In the evening we ate at the Wharf Inn: very good. Jan had lamb shank; I had proper steak and ale pie - shortcrust pastry, cut from a larger pie - with a pint of Hobson's Best. The beer was so good I had another half.
4 comments:
The pies are always good, but sadly the beer not. So I am glad you went on a day when the beer was good. Pity we were not on Herbie when you went through Cropredy.
Kath (nb Herbie)
We looked at Herbie as we came past, Kath, but there was no sign of life. Hope Neil continues to improve.
and we missed you too - when we left after lunch, having been moored nearer the Wharf, there was no-one on board!
Debby
Ah - if it was Sunday morning we were probably at church. Sorry to have missed you.
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