Canal Holiday Autumn 2008
Monday 19 October 2008 - Oxford Canal, Flecknoe to Napton
Almost time to give back the boat. This morning's
pictures aren't very exciting, but the weather had taken a turn for the
worse, being dark, cold and windy, and it was only a short run back to
the boatyard.
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Ridge and furrow fields are common along this part of the route, the
corrugation being so prominent as to give a wiggly skyline.
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The junction of the Oxford Canal with the route of the Grand Union Canal
(originally Warwick and Napton Canal) to Birmingham.
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Looking the other way from the same point. The light was very poor, and
the camera struggled with long exposures even with large apertures and
high ISO sensitivity - the background marina is nicely blurred as the
camera's image stablisation has locked on to the signpost.
So, all too short, but a nice break on a good boat. We are having
another boat from the same company (albeit from the Autherley yard) next
June. We had a look at one of the boats in the same class, and it was
very nice - a king-size bed on a narrowboat will be a real luxury!
Canal Holiday, October 2008
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