We left the Travelodge in Sutton Colby, Birmingham just before 8 AM heading for Oxford. On the way I was thrown out with all the luggage at Lower Heyford, the Oxfordshire Narrowboats boatyard yard, while Jane and Gary continued onto Oxford to return the rental car. There they met Brian and Jan and took the train back to Heyford. I filled in a couple hours with morning tea while watching the boat yard people preparing the the canal boats for the next crop of customers.
The boat yard with the railway station on the left.
About mid-day Jane, Gary, Jan and Brian arrived, walked over to boat yard and we all had lunch in the local restaurant—ploughman’s dinner and a pork pies.
The Oxford four bringing their luggage across the tracks
After lunch we put our luggage on the our boat, the “Broughton”, and went through the hand-over process including a briefing on the boat. Then we set sail under instruction until we passed through the first lock. Then the instructor returned to the boat harbour and we were on canal cruise.
Jan, Gary, and Brian under instruction.
We sailed on passing other boats tied up the towpath, passed many ducks and swans, while admiring the scenery.
After passing through one more lock and under five more bridges we tied up beside the towpath for the night.
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