B-Hive cruising log for 1996
| Date | Crew | Details | Photos/comments |
| Monday 20/2/1996 |
Hils, Sam, Nial Cyril | On board, to move B-Hive back from temporary moorings. Moved down below Wolvercote lock. Snow showers. | |
| Tuesday 21/2/1996 | Down to the yard. Still snow showers | ||
| Monday 8/4/1996 14:30-18:00 |
ASMN | Diesel/water/po at College. Canal very busy - moored outside the Wise Alderman. Frozen chicken not defrozen, so pies instead. | |
| Tuesday 9/4/1996 10:00-18:30 |
Calor at Enslow, above Pigeons for lunch. On to Aynho for the night. Chicken now unfrozen. | ||
| Wednesday 10/4/1996 9:45- |
Queues of boats at locks - Banbury waterpoint by 1:45. Up and wound, moored by the playground. | ||
| Thursday 11/4/1996 10:00-17:30 |
S+M to market. Aynho for a pint - no food. Moored Upper Heyford | ||
| Friday 12/4/1996 9:50-17:30 |
Very cold rain - Enslow for lunch and a warm up. Moored below Wolvercote in sleet. Snow at 9pm | ||
| Saturday 13/4/1996 | Back to the yard - snow all gone | ||
| Saturday 23/6/1996 10:30- |
Michael, Lesley, Jan, Alison, Sheba (the dog) | Down through Louse to wind, then back - above Dukes for lunch. Brief stop at Thrupp to look at Hampton Gay, then up the Cherwell, wound just below Bakers and moored | |
| Sunday 24/6/1996 11:00- |
Went hunting water lilies in TWB. Lunch above Dukes, then onto the Thames, to Godstow, thence back to the yard | ||
| Saturday 6/7/1996 ?? - 18:00 |
Tony, Julia, Tim, Jayne, Cyril | After a pint at the Bookies, downstream - left Cyril at Isis lock. Down to Abingdon, moored below the lock. Fireworks over St Helens at 11pm | |
| Sunday 7/7/1996 10:10- |
Downstream - moored for the night at Goring. | ||
| Monday 8/7/1996 8:00- |
Reading for shopping (bookshops), moored at Henley | ||
| Tuesday 9/7/1996 |
Shopping in Henley, then down to Marlow - po at Bourne end marina. Down to Cookham - then Cliveden - came back to Cookham to get a mooring. | ||
| Wednesday 10/7/1996 9:00- |
Back to Marlow for supplies, then up to Sonning | ||
| Thursday 11/7/1996 8:30- |
Up to Wallingford - fish'n'chip hunt in town. Then on to Shillingford Bridge. | ||
| Friday 12/7/1996 | Back up to moor on Abbey Meadows. | ||
| Saturday 13/7/1996 | Back up the Thames, Tony off to get car back to Oxford, back to the yard | ||
| Friday 19/7/1996 | Bob, Angie, Stuart, Kirstie, Christa, Matthew | The Best voyage - on board and making plans | |
| Saturday 20/7/1996 | Car shuffling and then to Lower Heyford | ||
| Sunday 21/7/1996 | To Banbury | ||
| Monday 22/7/1996 | To Fenny Compton - TWB fun! | ||
| Tuesday 23/7/1996 | Very wet trip to Blue Lias at Stockton - lunch at the Folly on the way | ||
| Wednesday 24/7/1996 | Sunny day - Moored above Cape Locks | ||
| Thursday 25/7/1996 | Very hot up Hatton, then up Lapworth locks on the North Stratford. Moored at Hockley Heath | ||
| Friday 26/7/1996 | Easy day to Hopwood | ||
| Saturday 27/7/1996 | Not many boats about - to Stoke Prior | ||
| Sunday 28/7/1996 | Back to Alvechurch - no pubs open! | ||
| Monday 29/7/1996 | Back to Hockly Heath - water pump not turning off | ||
| Tuesday 30/7/1996 | Down the Stratford to Wootten Wawen | ||
| Wednesday 31/7/1996 | To Stratford - moored outside the Red Lion | ||
| Thursday 1/8/1996 | At moorings in Stratford | ||
| Friday 2/8/1996 | To Wilmcote - much bussing etc to recover cars from Banbury | ||
| Saturday 3/8/1996 | Roger, Mary, Mark and Kate | Handover day - new crew the Fullbrooks. Mason arms and Mary Ardens house | |
| Sunday 4/8/1996 | At moorings - visitors from Abingdon, roast at the Masons Arms | ||
| Monday 5/8/1996 | Easy trip up to Wootten Wawen, dinner at the Bull | ||
| Tuesday 6/8/1996 | To Lowsonford - thunderstorm in the evening | ||
| Wednesday 7/8/1996 | To the Wharf Tavern at Hockley Heath | ||
| Thursday 8/8/1996 | Into Birmingham - drizzle later | ||
| Friday 9/8/1996 | Cadbury world visit, and then to Gas Street Basin | ||
| Saturday 10/8/1996 | At Gas Street - shopping etc - evening meal at Cafe Rouge | ||
| Sunday 11/8/1996 | Not much traffic on the way back to Hockley Heath | ||
| Monday 12/8/1996 | On to Rowington village | ||
| Tuesday 13/8/1996 | Down Hatton to Warwick - moored below Cape Locks | ||
| Wednesday 14/8/1996 | Day looking round Warwick | ||
| Thursday 15/8/1996 | A fine day to Long Itchingham - evening at the Two Boats | ||
| Friday 16/8/1996 | Boat tidy up - evening at the Cuttle Inn | ||
| Saturday 17/8/1996 | +Cyril | Changeover day - Cyril arrived | |
| Sunday 18/8/1996 | + Peter, Janet, Fritz, | Fullbrooks left | |
| 14:20- | Lunch at Two Boats, then on to moor at The Fusilier bridge 36 | ||
| Monday 19/8/1996 8:00-17:30 |
Into Hatton at 11ish - top by 151:15, having stopped for lunch on the way - very hot day | ||
| Tuesday 20/8/1996 8:30- 17:30 |
Onto the Stratford, Wharf Inn just below Hockley for lunch, moored at the Drawbridge - BBQ then pub | ||
| Wednesday 21/8/1996 9:00-13:30 |
Up to the Worcester and Birmingham, water shallow. After lunch on to Gas Street - moored outside the Marston Pub - only fizzy beer | ||
| Thursday 22/8/1996 | Po etc at Oozles loop Sherborne wharf - onto the old main line. then onto the Dudley, through Netherton, then to the Festival | ||
| Friday 23/8/1996 | At moorings | ||
| Saturday 24/8/1996 | At moorings until Monday | ||
| Tuesday 27/8/1996 9:20-18:00 |
+ Ro and Paddy and SNM (I think) | Back through Netherton, Moored Kings Norton | |
| Wednesday 28/8/1996 9:45-18:30 |
To Kingswood junction in heavy rain | ||
| Thursday 29/8/1996 9:10-14:30 |
Into Hatton at 11ish, out by 14:00. Moored above Cape two at 14:30. | ||
| Friday 30/8/1996 9:45-16:50 |
Kate boats for a gas bottle, moored just before bridge 25, close to the pub | ||
| Sat 31/8/1996 | +Jayne and Dave | Changeover day at bridge 21 - new crew off at 2:45, moored at Braunston overnight | |
| Sun 1/9/1996 8:30-18:30 |
Away at 8:30 - up Braunston flight through the tunnel, down Buckby, then on to moor at Stoke Bruerne at 18:30 | ||
| Mon 2/9/1996 | Museum, lunch at the Boat, down the locks, and onward to moor at Black Horse, Great Linford at 18:30 | ||
| Tues 3/9/1996 9:00-18:45 |
Down through Milton Keynes, bridge 94 for lunch, then on to moor south of bridge 115 at Leighton Buzzard | ||
| Weds 4/9/1996 9:30-18:30 |
Rain to start, cleared after breakfast - ended up at Tring summit | ||
| Thurs 5/9/1996 9:30-19:15 |
Lunch at Berkhampstead, very slow progress, through Boxmmor trying to moor - eventually outside The Albion | ||
| Fri 6/9/1996 | Lots of boats going the other way, Abbots Langley for lunch, moore beefore Cassio bridge lock. | ||
| Sat 7/9/1996 | Hall McKenna family | Moved down to below Batchworth - changeover day. lunch in the pub then onward | |
| Sun 8/9/1996 | Down through Hanwell locks, moored below Clitheroe's. | ||
| Mon 9/9/1996 | Onto the Thames through Brentford at 11:30 - fast upstream lookign fro mooring - eventually stopped at Windsor | ||
| Tues 10/9/1996 | Look round Windsor, away at 12:30 - moored Cuckham Bridge, meal at the Harvester. | ||
| Wes 11/9/1996 | Upstream through Henley etc, moored just below Sonning lock | ||
| Thurs 12/9/1006 | Through Reading and Whitchurch, moored at Shillingford Hotel | ||
| Fri 13/9/1996 | All the way back up to Oxford Canal. | ||
| Sat 14/9/1996 | Pack up and go home |