Nether Heyford, Grand Union Canal – Thursday 24 May 2012
Another late start – today was 10 am.  I only planned to go six miles today and the weather has been really lovely, just like the summer holidays remembered from years ago.  I passed a few boaters who commented that it just gets hotter and hotter, but I told them not to complain cos I enjoyed it!  Especially after the rain since the government declared a drought!!  I have been frightening the wild life, the locals and other boaters.  The weather is so good that I’m wearing shorts for the first time since the last century, showing off my skinny white legs, and even taking off me shirt (no hanky with a knot at each corner though).  After a couple of miles I passed the “Graphics Boat” who do mirrored window film, so I’ve had the two side hatches done which should keep the temperature down inside.  I’ll think about the cratch (the tent at the front) and the two ‘Houdini hatches’ the roof windows and perhaps get them done as well.  The portholes don’t need doing as the lace ‘spiders’ webs’ work fine.  At Nether Heyford I went off to the next bridge and a walk back through the village – a couple of miles.