Thrupp to Lower Heyford

We left Thrupp to a grey windy day a electric lift bridge was. Our first obstacle to over come,pass the moored boat of Thrupp canal cruising club. http://www.thruppccc.org.uk/content/thrupp

Into open countryside again as we pass the little villages of Hampton Gay, Shipton on Cherwell, and Gibralta with is pub the Rock of Gibralta.

A few locks and lift bridges again as the canal opens onto country farmland we pass the village of Tackley which is about a mile from the canal  and Rousham house which dates from 1635 and was once a royalist garrison during the civil war and the doors still have the shooting holes preserved from the conflict.

We then decide to take on water and have a little wait whilst two other boats take on water, and the weather changes so we decide to moor up for the day at Lower Heyford, a lovely spot except the main railway runs adjacent to the canal and the roar of the trains spoil the quietness of this spot, no internet tonight as no signal will have to load tomorrow.