Once past the electric lifting bridge we did a sharp left and moored at the service block. This seems to be looked after by the local cruising club.
The gardens are very attractice. There is an exchange book library. The pumpout is run by the club, so only cards purchased from the warden canbe used. Our journey from there was really uneventful. Just the occasional passing boat but only one opposite at a lock so by early afternoon we arrived at Lower Heyford. Interestingly, since we passed on the way to Oxford last week the grass has been cut. We were impressed to see that our mooring near bridge 208 has also been made pretty. Just one boat length where a few years ago we stopped late in the day and moored up on concrete piling but with waist high vegeation along this stretch. Then we cut the growth with shears and left it looking like a regular mooring which it remains to this day. Pat tried the "Village Shop" at the boatyard, but they have no bread for sale. The particular feature seems to be a forest of boat chimneys, presumably aimed at the boaters who have been unlucky at the low bridges. The pub ("The Bell") was also shut when we went up at 4:30. Too early in the season I guess. The sun is warm today but no sooner had the chairs come out than it rained. Or maybe it was me changing into shorts.
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