Priors Hardwick to Cropredy. 2

After leaving the pub the path was ok until we passed by Fenny Marina where the towpath narrowed and then almost became impassable. Hoever it didn't last for too long.

A little further along there was a patch where it was difficult to tell where the canal ended and the towpath began. We passed no cyclists today, and only one man walking back to his boat. No walkers unattached to a narrowboat. The path condition may be a factor.

A little further on,  the towpath crossed over  to the east side of the canal, and as a result we have much less shade than earlier. For  time we were also walking quite a bit above the canal.

After four and half hours of walking we came across the first canal obstruction of the day, a tilt bridge. It was just before a series of locks descending towards Copredy, the Claydon locks.

A little past the middle lock, of the Claydon flight there was another cracked bridge. More work or 'The Canal and River Trust'.

Half an hour later we passed the Corpredy Marina and from then on things got really busy on the canal. There were lots of boats moored alongside the towpath all the way into Cropredy. By accident we are arriving just before a major music festival. The last photograph shows Shiel near the locks in Cropredy, not far from our B&B for the night 'The Brasenose Arms.'

It was ahot day and we walked 19.8km in 6.5 hours.