Hilmorton

Here I am Rune

Distance 6.5 miles

Total 2277 Locks  98 Tunnels

Running total mileage 3244.6 miles 

Here we are back on the cut after the Christmas Break and what a change in the weather (or at least here in Braunston). I wasn’t sure when we got up this morning that we would be able to go anywhere since 50 yards further along the canal the water had frozen. It is odd how you can get a section, such as where we moored, where there is no ice and yet a short distance away the whole canal freezes over.

Well, I had to take the hired car back to the depot this morning and on return the very least that I needed to do was to refill the water tank and empty a cassette. Since the temperature has fallen we also decided to take on more stock of coal since if we do get frozen in anywhere we might need to keep the fire burning throughout the day. 

Once we had completed the above domestic chores a few boats had come through both from the direction of Napton  Junction along the Grand Union and down from the direction of Rugby on the Oxford Canal. Since the weather was perfect (clear sky, sunshine) we decided that we’d set off towards Rugby, and a pleasant trip it was. Not sure where we will moor up for New Year’s Eve, we’ll make that decision tomorrow.