B-Hive cruising log for 1994
| Date | Crew | Details | Photos/comments |
| 31/3/1994 |
Chris, Reg, Jason, Hoss | Arrived at 8:45pm - cabins allocated | 1 |
| 1/4/1994 10:30-17:40 |
+Cyril | Fuel and water at College after large plastic bag on prop, wound on the Thames, then up to moor at Thrupp | |
| 2/4/1994 10:30-17:40 |
No water pump - eventually found dodgy connection,. Batteries very
low - fractured alternator feed repaired Wound at Thrupp, back to the yard |
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| Friday 30/4/1994 |
Hazel, Willow, Cyril | On board at yard | |
| Saturday 31/4/1994 11:20-16:20 |
Trip to Abingdon - lunch at Kings Head Sandford, moored Abingdon | 1 | |
| Sunday 1/5/1994 14:00-18:00 |
+Hils, Sam, Nial, Lloyd, Danny | Gentle run back to Oxford, moored at the yard. Hils & co went home | 1 |
| Monday 2/5/1994 |
Hazel and Willow to train station | ||
| 28/5/1994 | Alan, Susan, Nicholas, Cyril | On board | |
| 29/5/1994 10:45-16:20 |
College for pumpout, then Wolvercote for lunchtime pint. Dukes cut, then moored above Eynsham lock. |
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| 30/5/1994 9:50-11:15 |
+Ro, Michael | Up to Bablock Hythe. Alan ashore on folding bike to get car and pick up R+M | |
| 31/5/1994 9:45-17:30 |
Up to the Trout at Tadpole Bridge - very large piece of plastic on prop just as we got there. After a pint, up to Lechlade. Wedding annivsary meal in the New Inn | ||
| 1/6/1994 12:00-16:30 |
Up to the junction with the T&S to wind, then back down to moor above Tadpole bridge - with difficulty! | ||
| 2/6/1994 9:30-16:30 |
Bablock Hythe at 11:45 - Dad's car still there! off again at 2, Eynsham, boatyard for supplies, then downm to moor above Godstow bridge at 4:30 | ||
| 3/6/1994 | Back to the yard | ||
| 10/6/1994 | Steven and Steven on board for weekend trip | ||
| 11/6/1994 10:00-16:30 |
Down the Thames - Sandford lock for lunch, then moored outside the Anchor at Abingdon | ||
| 12/6/1994 13:00-17:00 |
Back up to moor at the yard | ||
| 18/6/1994 11:30-19:00 |
Michael, Lesley, Jeanette, Steve, Margaret, Ann, Sarah, Douglas, Paul, Robert, Rosie, and Sue | Up the canal, Plough for coffee, Dukes for lunch. Back down the Thames, stopping at the Perch at Binsey for tea. Very windy all day! | |
| 3/7/1994 10:45-18:15 |
Pat, John, Jill, Mathew, Cyril | Round the ring - Plough for lunchtime pint | 1 |
| 9/7/1994 | Cyril, Hils, Sam, Nial, Yin | On board for Hils birthday cruise | |
| 10/7/1994 9:00-19:30 |
Down the Thames - moored for bacon butties and champagne just below the railway bridge. Down to pub above Iffley lock for lunchtime pint, back to moor upstream of Cherwell junction. After roast chicken, back down to the pub at Iffley | 1 | |
| 11/7/1994 9:10-12:00 |
Down to moor just below Abingdon lock, then later down to moor opposite the Anchor - BBQ! | ||
| 12/7/1994 8:50-16:00 |
Upstream to the pub at Iffley for lunch - then back to the yard | ||
| 16/7/1994 10:00 |
Mike, Sue, Margaret, Nick, Helen, Keith, Tom, Stuart, Ashley, Andrew, Kirsty, Charlotte, Heather, Mary, Clair, Marina | Round the ring, picnic lunch at the Perch - various people fell in, and 3 had to hide inside when a police launch was spotted! | |
| 23/7/1994 14:45-18:45 |
Bob, Angie | Downstream, moored after Culham lock | |
| 24/7/1994 9:30-17:00 |
Goring for milk and ice creams, then down to moor below Whitchurch lock | ||
| 25/7/1994 9:00-18:30 |
Onto the K&A, moored at Aldermaston. | ||
| 26/7/1994 9:00-18:30 |
Somewhere + Pat, Rod | Onwards... | |
| 27/7/1994 9:05-18:30 |
Lunchtime pint at Dundas Arms, on to moor below Froxfield lower lock. | ||
| 28/7/1994 8:45-?? |
On to Great Bedwyn | ||
| 29/7/1994 10:00-?? |
Onto Pewsey, walked into village for supplies. Then moored at Wilcot wide | ` | |
| 30/7/1994 | Car moved from Oxford to Newbury. Fuel from Gibson's yard, then on to moor at top of Devizes flight. | ||
| 31/7/1994 8:15-16:00 |
Down the flight! - and then moored at Sells Green. Pat and Rod left | ||
| 1/8/1994 10:15-?? |
Down to wind at Semington, then back to Sells Green | ||
| 2/8/1994 8:10-?? |
Back up Devizes flight, stop for supplies, then onto the Barge at Honeystreet | ||
| 3/8/1994 ??-19:00 |
Gibsons for water/po and fuel, then down Crofton to moor just below Bedwyn bridge | ||
| 4/8/1994 10:00-18:00 |
Worked down, moored between Hungerford and Kintbury | ||
| 5/8/1994 9:00-?? |
Down to Newbury, po/water/gas fuel - then at moorings in Newbury | ||
| 6/8/1994 | +ASRMN, Bluebell, Cyril | All aboard for summer cruise! | |
| 7/8/1994 10:00-16:30 |
Lunchtime pint at Kintbury, then on to moor with difficulty at Hungerford | ||
| 8/8/1994 9:50-16:00 |
Little Bedwyn for lunch on board then pub - but closed on Monday lunchtimes. On to Great Bedwyn for the night, moored above Church lock. R on tiller | ||
| 9/8/1994 9:50-17:40 |
Up Crofton flight, stopped before Bruce tunnel for lunch. Then down to Pewsey, mooring before the bridge | 1,2 | |
| 10/8/1994 11:45-17:35 |
Late start due to shopping, then po/water at Honeystreet Moored Devizes |
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| 11/8/1994 8:20-13:00 |
Into the flight at 8:45, then moored at Sells Green for the remainder of the day | ||
| 12/8/1994 10:05-17:30 |
Seend flight very low below lock 19 - had to run water down. Lunchtime pint at Semington, then on to moor at Hilperton bridge | ||
| 13/8/1994 10:45-11:35 |
Easy run down to Widbrook bridge. beehive pub at lunchtime, BoA after lunch. BBQ in the evening | ||
| 14/8/1994 10:00-16:55 |
Stopped at Avoncliffe to take pictures, stopped for lunch at Dundas, pint at the Anchor. Then on, brief look at Claverton which wasn't operating, then moored close to Bathampton bridge | 1,2,3 | |
| 15/8/1994 9:45-?? |
po at John Rennie boats, then onto the Avon. Moored below Pulteney bridge | 1 | |
| 16/8/1994 | At moorings | 1 | |
| 17/8/1994 10:20-17:30 |
Down to Bristol, moored outside Lloyds Bank | 1 | |
| 18/8/1994 | At moorings | 1,2,3 | |
| 19/8/1994 13:30-15:30 |
Downstream and wound below the Great Britain, then back up to moor above Hanham Lock | ||
| 20/8/1994 9:40-17:20 |
-A | Back to Bathampton, stopping at Sainsbury's bridge in Bath for shopping. Alan left for home | |
| 21/8/1994 9:45-?? |
Claverton to look at the pump, then just before Dundas for lunch. Moored above BoA lock for the evening | ||
| 22/8/1994 10:45-15:45 |
Widbrook for po and fuel, then wound and back down to Avoncliffe for lunchtime pint at Cross Guns. Wound and back up to moor above BoA lock - M hit in his first spike! | ||
| 23/8/1994 11:20-1520 |
S shopping, then lunch at Hilperton. Stopped for the night below Semington bridge | ||
| 24/8/1994 10:45-16:00 |
Lunch at the Barge at Seend, then very low above lock 21 - stuck in Martinslade bridge - eventually moored at Lower Foxhangers | ||
| 25/8/1994 9:10-15:30 |
Vandalism - paddles had been raised - lots of weed being dug out by JCB. Mark joined at 9:30. Smoke from the engine room as left top lock! Burnt out wire - A contacted and arrived at 19:00, fixed wiring and left again at 20:30. Mark also left | 1,2 | |
| 26/8/1994 9:30-16:30 |
+A | Brief shopping , then on to the Barge at Honeystreet for lunch, R on tiller. Moored at Pewsey for the night. A arrived at 7pm | |
| 27/8/1994 9:00-16:50 |
-Cyril | C and A left for Abingdon at 8:30, Up Wootton Rivers, A rejoined at far end of Bruce tunnel. Into Crofton at 12:50 - in steam by nowhere to stop, so continued to Little Bedwyn. A cycled back to Savernake forest to get car | |
| 28/8/1994 9:00-11:45 |
-ASRMN, Bluebell | R on tiller, A took car to Hungerford, rejoined by bike at Oakhill down. Onward to moor above Hungerford Church swing bridge. End of summer cruise, all power and gas off until replacement crew arrives | |
| 30/8/1994 15:15-19:30 |
+Lucy Cole, Mark Fry, Ian Wycherley, Penny Grey | New crew aboard at 2pm, moored at Hamstead lock | |
| 31/8/1994 9:15-19:00 |
Silled at Widmead lock! - then on to moor just above Woolhampton lock | ||
| 1/9/1994 9:30-20:00 |
Stopped for lunch just below Tyle Mill lock, then aground above Sheffield - pulled off by BWB landrover. Moored above Berkley Bridge, Reading - aground on sandbar at 19:00 - polled in to back to moor | ||
| 2/9/1994 9:30-18:30 |
BWB to help getting off - 2 poles. rope and much black smoke. Lunch on the move, moored above Clifton Hampden bridge. | ||
| 3/9/1994 9:50-11:30 |
At Abingdon by 11:30, Ian and Penny left, Mark and Lucy shopping then retrieved M's car from Hungerford. back by 8pm | ||
| 4/9/1994 11:00-16:30 |
Joined by Ted Smale for run up to Oxford. Back to Orchard yard. | ||
| Boulton and Davis trip | |||
| 22/10/1994 12:00:?? |
Alan and Cyril on for training, A left about 14:00. Moored between Kidlington Green and Kings Bridge | ||
| 23/10/1994 8:45-14:15 |
Moored at Pigeons for the night | ||
| 24/10/1994 |
Heavy list - canal down 9 inches. Upper Heyford by 14:30. Fire lit! | ||
| 25/10/1994 7:15-?? |
Aynho for po, moored at Kings Sutton bridge 177. | ||
| 26/10/1994 10:00- |
Banbury at 12, practice winding, then up to moor nrear Morse yard. | ||
| 27/10/1994 | Market day - up to wind at old/new junction, then moored for the day. | ||
| 28/10/1994 9:00-16:00 |
po at Sovereign, left Banbury at 11. Moored at Aynho. Home tomorrow! | ||
| 6/11/1994 13:15-16:15 |
Hils, Sam, Nial, Cyril | Down to Lower Heyford. | |
| 7/11/1994 9:15-16:00 |
Down to moor below Wolvercote Lock - almost dark. | ||
| 8/11/1994 9:10-10:15 |
Back to the yard |