{"id":1103,"date":"2013-06-21T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/news\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2023-05-04T07:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:42:16","slug":"cropredy-before-the-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canaljunction.com\/news\/cropredy-before-the-convention\/1103","title":{"rendered":"Cropredy Before the Convention!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On drawing the curtains this morning we saw a cluster of ducklings, huddled and soft\u00a0 and sleepy. Their mother stood on one solitary leg, so still; like an artiste on La Rambla, awaiting the Barcelona tourist trade. One of the little brood stirred, stretching out a surprisingly long leg which broke the soft circle of the sleeping siblings. This was the queue for everyone to begin puffing and preening and preparing for the day. Petite clouds of fluff were flicked from their bodies and an opportunist sparrow alighted from the low bow overhanging the brood to collect one of their gifted feathers. The \u2018lings took no offence at this recycling and off darted the sparrow.<\/p>\n

I turned on the stereo (a loose terminology as it\u2019s really a car radio, not a B&O) and was immediately cast back to 1980 as Banbury Radio brightened up the drizzly morning. Our tolerance didn\u2019t last long due to intermittent reception as is frequently the case on the boat. Songs would abruptly stop for a few seconds and then restart. This soon becomes irritating I’m sure you’ll appreciate.<\/p>\n

We left Cropredy after a twenty four hour stay and a refreshing Hook Norton with the visiting Sarah and Rory at The Red Lion – another top establishment welcoming dogs. For a Monday night it was very busy. By the sound of the church bells, it seems that Cropredy folk either practice campanology on a Monday evening or frequent the Red Lion. Rory obviously found it difficult to hear my story of meeting Danish people at Fenny Compton through all the mellow chatterings, mishearing \u2018Danish\u2019 for \u2018dangerous\u2019 and becoming very alarmed.<\/p>\n

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This fabulous pub has a room devoted to a music shop. Rory felt compelled to pick up a guitar but was then awash with hesitation, having forgotten he can\u2019t play. This hasn\u2019t affected the overall rock status of the photo as you can see.<\/p>\n

A strange but true fact about the Red Lion is that it is also (currently) the Post Office. But only on selected days of the week. It used to be in the gift shop. It has also resided in the Spar shop. The thrill of the chase! The Spar shop has retained a set of weighing scales and one of those newfangled plastic letter gaugers and a variety of stamps and has very helpful staff who will figure out all your postage needs if they can.\u00a0 And so my Shed Bunting was sent from Cropredy Spar shop to Father\u2019s shed in Hampshire well in time for Father’s Day.<\/p>\n

\"Cropredy<\/a>We should have timed our visit here to coincide with Fairport\u2019s Cropredy Convention but sometimes one can\u2019t organise one\u2019s Filofax to encompass everything on offer. We\u2019ll schedule for next year instead. We hope Alice won\u2019t mind our skipping out of his set.<\/p>\n

Did you know, they\u2019re building a marina at Cropredy, only it\u2019s not ready (how amusing that should rhyme). You may have read about the setbacks due to the weather. Here\u2019s a picture of two JCBs where narrowboats will soon be. A cool mooring for next year\u2019s Fairport Cropredy Convention methinks.<\/p>\n

Next – Banbury, a very handy canal Town!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Donna, Mark (and Inky) for writing, and permission to publish, this.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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