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21 hours ago, PeterScott said:

Pumping out - on the Southern Oxford. As you do.

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Is that the boat moored on the offside South of Old Mill bridge in Cropredy? Begins with an H - Hesperus?

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3 hours ago, Athy said:

Is that the boat moored on the offside South of Old Mill bridge in Cropredy? Begins with an H - Hesperus?

Yes that's where it is. He didn't give a name, nor do the photos reveal one, sadly. Here they both are in the distance

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1 minute ago, PeterScott said:

Yes that's where it is. He didn't give a name, nor do the photos reveal one, sadly. Here they both are in the distance

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It was sunk  bankside a mile or so North of Cropredy, near the Slipway, for some time - probably months - before moving down to where it is now, probably three years or more ago. I think the owner has done some work on it but he comes across as a bit of a dreamer.

I can't vouch for the accuracy of the name, but I was told it. The boat doesn't display it.

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7 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2018, Lower Heyford Southern Oxford Canal

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Change-over day, then?

 

Later in 2018 we moored for a couple of nights just through the bridge (off-picture at the bottom). We walked up to the village and, along a path and through a field, to the most delightful village pub, set in a small square which time seemed to have forgotten.

We also met forum member Bones - she moors nearby, or at least she did then. She doesn't post much, if at all, these days, but some members will remember her.

 

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2 hours ago, Athy said:

It was sunk  bankside a mile or so North of Cropredy, near the Slipway, for some time - probably months - before moving down to where it is now, probably three years or more ago. I think the owner has done some work on it but he comes across as a bit of a dreamer.

I can't vouch for the accuracy of the name, but I was told it. The boat doesn't display it.

It was at the location in the photograph above when I came past in May 2018, and the owner gave me a 'clever dick' answer as to its identity before he begrudgingly told me it was HESPERUS :captain:

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7 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Health and Dafty...

Wusses.

 

This chap only climbed down because we were bringing short boat Ribble through the lock at the time.

 

Note the minor differences in the tower heights and the stability of the platform! :D

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