| 05:45 | Br. 240 | 'Admiral' needs up - heating on - back to bed | o / d / a / rr | |
| 06:40 | Br. 240 | Up for early start (even in pi**ing rain!). Quick breakfast with thought of brunch later | ||
| 07:20 | Br. 240 | Cast off for day |
Disaster strikes! - in-house caterers advise we've run out of coffee (despite being in Sainsbury's twice over the last two days!). Look out for a 'shop', they say.
| 08:00 | WOLVERCOTE LK(45) 3' 8" < | ||
| 08:40 | DUKE'S LK(44) 5' 4" < | ||
| 08:45 | Br. 231 | Stopped for 'main' breakfast | Took FW |
| 09:20 | Br. 231 | Resume |
Disaster #2! - skipper's chronometer(?) fails - has to resort to mobile telephonic timekeeping
| 09:50 | KIDLINGTON GREEN LK(43) 4' 9" < | |||
| 10:20 | ROUNDHAM LK(42) 7' 5" < | |||
| 11:30 | SHIPTON WEIR LK(41) 2' 5" < | |||
| 11:55 | BAKER'S LK(40) 8' 6" < | |||
| 12:00 | above BAKER'S LK | Moored for lunch - soggy and frozen | Heating/hotwater system fails. Re-starts for no apparent reason! | |
| 13:00 | above BAKER'S LK | Resume | o / d / a / rr | |
| 13:40 | PIGEONS LK(39) 8' 4" < | |||
| 14:30 | NORTHBROOK LK(38) 5' 0" < | o / d / a | ||
| 14:55 | DASHWOOD'S LK(37) 9' 3" < | |||
| 15:30 | LOWER HEYFORD (Oxfordshire nb) | Raiding party ashore for coffee - delay 5 mins | ||
| 16:20 | ALLEN'S LK(36) 5' 0" < | |||
| 16:45 | HEYFORD COMMON LK(35) 7' 2" < | |||
| 17:00 | Somerton Mill Bridge | Moored for night (had enough). Dinner aboard | ||
| 21:00 | Somerton Mill Bridge | Turn in with books | bc / c / a |
| Daily totals | Miles | Locks | Hours | Ave lm/h |
| 15.00 | 11 | 8.08 | 3.22 |
