Worked the flight with Olive, quite enough for one day. Left my No2 there and went back to Forty Two for the night

My crew arrived around tenish and we completed the flight marvelling at the herd of Bison on the way up.

Filled up with water at the water point, just because we can.
There is a bus stop by the lock and there used to be a service from here to Southam, via Napton, convenient for shopping, but as usual the service has been discontinued to save money.
The cottage by the lock has a couple of apple trees that overhang the lock area and there wer a few

This is about as far from civilisation as you can get. It is four miles in either direction to a road, which is one of the reasons to moor here, virtually no foot or cycle traffic for days on end and only the occasional boat at this time of year.

There used to be a bus servie from Southam to Banbury which passed here, but, hey ho, cutting taxes is a euphemism for reducing services and the bus services are the first to go.
Used the facilities at Fenny Compton and replaced a 13kg bottle of Calor gas at the boat yard.

Took a break in the journey after the flight of four, 'cause I worked it twice.

There is a little general store at Cropredy so braced myself to pay the exorbitant prices and topped up with basics. I don't think there has ever been a bus service through here.

Well here we are only about four weeks early for my cataract operation but I do like to make sure that I am able to keep appointments. Plenty of time to use the facilities and do some proper shopping at Morrison's.

Last time we were here the canal was flooded. Since then there has been some flood relief work done both above and below Banbury so we should be ok for a few days.