Set off at 8.40 and through Isis lock where Ian left to catch a train home. Through Sheepwash channel and up the Thames again to Dukes Cut where we got back onto the Oxford canal.
Moored for lunch outside the Boat Inn at Thrupp. The beer choice was dissapointing but the food was better.
When we got to Shipton Weir Lock there was already a boat in it, but he waved us to join him. This lock is wide because it only has a small drop, although this varies because it's where the canal joins the River Cherwell for half a mile. The water level on the strong stream indicator boards here were in the amber section but there wasn't much current on the river.
Stopped at 3pm at the Rock of Gibralter for another pint, as this is in the GBG.
Stopped for the night at Lower Heyford where we went to the Bell to eat. It was quiz night but there is nowhere else to go.
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