Christmas Cruise – setting off

So fantastic to be off on our Christmas cruise. On Thursday 13th when Paul had arrived back from a meeting at Newbury we set off from Banbury. It was a cold but bright and sunny day. Very crisp and cold – what you might expect in December!

We just got round the bend from the moorings when we hit ice – quite thick, about an inch and a half, which suddenly made things quite exciting.

Ice Breaking Oxford Canal

 Tht evening, when it was dark (about 4.30pm) we moored up miles from anyone at the bottom of Claydon locks.

A quiet mooring

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