Another reasonably long day of 7 hours helming between Oxford and Wallingford. Leaving our moorings at Osney Lock we just missed a boat going downstream like us, she said she had had problems with the electric lock and gone manual, but it caused no problems for us. There are a number of buttons that have to be pressed in the correct order, and it cannot be rushed. Sure enough at the next lock she interrupted the operation to try and open the gates, when we came around the corner with another cruiser. My advice was to leave everything alone, and let it reset itself. Fortunately the lock keeper arrived, sorted the problem and put us thru, along with a stern but friendly lecture ! No more problems with the rest of the locks.

The locks are getting bigger
and some of them have pretty gardens
Abingdon, home of all MG’s
The bridges have changed from Cotswold stone to brick
Our little convoy leaving a lock
Some of the boathouses are cute !
and some of the houses are huge !
along with their boat !
As usual the rain started after lunch

With persistent drizzle we topped up with water, used the services and motored onto Wallingford. Our friends guided us onto mooring, afternoon tea and then a pub dinner.
With the Queens funeral approaching they will go back home on Thursday, no camping will be available around Windsor. As usual my planning saw us going thru Windsor on the Monday, but boating notices indicate a lot of delays going thru and no mooring allowed. We shall have to speed up, or more probably slow down a bit. I’ll probably need fuel, and shopping, so with everything closed on the bank holiday it’s looking like a stopover in Pangbourne and Henley, possibly a short run up the Kennet and Avon Canal at Reading as well. A rest day now.