Early start to get to Banbury for lunch.
At Aynho Weir Lock there is a section where the river Cherwell crosses the canal. This too has a wide octaganol lock. There were already two boats in it and one waiting. We watched the Sea Otter boat scrape it's roof corner as it left this lock.
The water level here was in the red but there was no obvious reason why. However when we got to the next lock the boat in front was backing out of the bridge and said they needed to take stuff off their roof to get through. So we went ahead and there was not much spare room.
Moored in Banbury for lunch and went to the Bell. As they don't do food we then got sandwiches across the road and took them back to the boat.
There was quite a queue after lunch to get through the lock in Banbury so this delayed us.
Cropredy was packed with boats and we got the last official mooring on the far side of the village. Went to the Red Lion to eat and the beer was so good we stayed there all evening.
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