B-Hive cruising log for 1998
| Date | Crew | Details | Photos/comments |
| Monday 16/2/98 | SAN | Arrived and unpacked - everything appears to be working! | |
| Tuesday 17/2/98 10:30- |
Sunny, Wolvercote outside the pub for a pint in the sun. Moored Wise Alderman. Mark F joined for a pint | Moving boats = 1 | |
| Wednesday 18/2/98 10:10-16:30 |
Foggy. Bought bags of Coalite at Autotrade (Rock of Gibraltar) Lunch above Pigeons lock, moored above Allen's lock. | Moving boats = 4 | |
| Thursday 19/2/98 10:00-18:15 |
Up to Aynho to wind (backwards!). Pint at Gt Western, then back to moor at the quarry in the dark. | Moving boats = 2 | |
| Friday 20/2/98 10:00-17:00 |
To Wise Alderman for a lunchtime pint (or3) - joined by Hils, Sam, Nial, and Dad. On to moor below Wolvercote lock. | Moving boats = 1 | |
| Saturday 21/2/98 9:30-10:30 |
Back to the yard | ||
| Unknown | Unkown | No Log - who took B-Hive to Cropredy? | |
| Sunday 12/4/98 | ASN | Arrived at Cropredy. There had been floods 2ft over towpath - luckily someone had slackened our ropes! | |
| Monday 13/4/98 10:45- |
Drove down to yard to pick up Sandra, Odette and Tom who are on for the day to get used to B-Hive. Up to bottom of Claydon for lunch.some snow - back down to Cropredy. | ||
| Tuesday 14/4/98 | Up to moor above Claydon #3 - visited bygones museum. Up to Fenny for supplies, then wound at the George - now the Wharf. Contact home by landline - no mobile coverage | ||
| Wednesday 15/4/98 9:45-16:3022 |
Snow - snowball fight! Changed to rain by the bottom of Claydon, stop at Cropredy for lunch, then moored Banbury | ||
| Thursday 16/4/98 10:45- |
Market, then below Kings Sutton for lunch. Got to Nell Bridge - too much water to get through the lock. 8 boats waiting by 5pm. Walked down to Ayhno lock - stream across the front ~ 6mph and lock filling over the top gate. Gave up and phoned Sam to get me to the yard to pick up the van. | ||
| Friday 24/4/98 8:05-20:15 |
A + Sheldon | Arrived at 7:30 all ok, Down to moor opposite Gt Western | |
| Saturday 25/4/98 8:50-18:00 |
Above Pigeons for lunch, Cherwell high, moored Wolvercote. | ||
| Sunday 26/4/98 10:10-11:15 |
Back to moorings | ||
| Saturday 13/6/98 10:15-20:30 |
Assorted! | Day Cruise to Thrupp and back | |
| Monday 15/6/98 16:00- |
Tim+Jayne Maddison, Tony_Julie Cottrell | Moored below Kidlington | |
| Tuesday 16/6/98 | Thrupp for lunch, moored Lower Heyford bridge. Bell very empty and high prices! | ||
| Wednesday 17/6/98 | Intended to wind at Somerton bridge - but B-hiev is too long. Moored above Somerton deep for lunch, then on to Aynho to wind. Then back to previous mooring for the night. | ||
| Thursday 18/7/98 | Delayed start due to log jamming bottom gate, BW came out to fix it. Moored at Thrupp for the pub. | ||
| Friday 19/7/98 9:30- |
Fine sunny day - down to College for PO, then moored at the yard. Car collected from Abingdon. | ||
| Saturday 20/7/98 | Packed up. | ||
| Saturday 20/6/98 | Pete and Mary, Sandra, Tom and Odette | A there to show them aboard. Much unpacking, then to Kidlington for the pub. | |
| Sunday 21/6/98 | Off before breakfast, stopped at Thrupp to eat. Moored at Upper Heyford. Walked up the hill to the Barley Mow to fidn no food being served. | ||
| Monday 22/6/98 | Up to Banbury. | ||
| Tuesday 23/6/98 | Supplies shopping, Left late, Gt Western at Aynho for lunch. Moored Cropredy. | ||
| Wednesday 24/6/98 | Moored at the top lock at Napton, walked down to the pub - food very expensive so walked back for dinner on board. | ||
| Thursday 25/6/98 | Napton Bridge Inn for lunch, then to Braunston. | ||
| Friday 26/6/98 | Left Braunston in heavy rain, back to Napton Bridge for lunch and the rest of the day. | ||
| Saturday 27/6/98 | Rain to start, cleared by top lock. Moored near Claydon. | ||
| Sunday 28/6/98 | Down to Cropredy - Red Lion for lunch - then stayed. | ||
| Monday 29/6/98 | Short day down to Banbury for supplies. | ||
| Tuesday 30/6/98 | Easy run down to Aynho for lunch - then stayed | ||
| Wednesday 1/7/98 | Sunny day - down to Thrupp and the Boat for evening meal | ||
| Thursday 1/7/98 | Down to the yard to moor for a couple of days sight seeing | ||
| Friday 2/7/98 | Museum etc. | ||
| Saturday 11/7/98 | Ro, Paddy, Jon, Helen | Arrived at 9pm and straight to the pub! | |
| Sunday 12/7/98 11:30-20:00 |
Late lunch at the Wise Alderman, moored above Pigeons in increasing rain and wind. | ||
| Monday 13/7/98 | Lower Heyford for PO at12, then on a bit before stopping for lunch. Afternoon to Aynho, Gt Western in the evening. | ||
| Tuesday 14/7/98 | Fried breakfast! Overflowing toile - only water thankfully. No PO at Aynho - short-staffed. managed to get one at Banbury. Supplies bought. | ||
| Wednesday 15/7/98 | Lots of shopping, cast off 4pm, back to Aynho.Attacked by a swan after Nell Bridge. Aynho at 20:15. | ||
| Thursday 16/7/98 | Late start - waiting for Jo but her car was misbehaving so didn't make it. Rock of Gibraltar hoping for food - but they had stopped serving. | ||
| Friday 17/7/98 | Rainy and windy, R managed to get sunburnt! Yard by 17:30 | ||
| Saturday 18/7/98 | Cleaning and packing up. | ||
| Saturday 25/7/98 | SAN, Hils, Nial, Dad | Day trip to Sandford lock and back. Back at the yard, reversing up the lock and then to mooring. | |
| Sunday 26/7/98 | Jenny, Lucy, Emily | Arrived 3pm, Alan saw them on board. BBQ | |
| Monday 27/7/98 | At moorings - various things in Oxford | ||
| Tuesday 28/7/98 | At moorings. Wandered round Oxford, Browns restaurant. Hamlet in Magdalen College School gardens | ||
| Wednesday 29/7/98 | +Chrissie, Tony | Down to Abingdon - meal at Mill on the Stream | |
| Thursday 30/7/98 | Down to Pangbourne meadow - met Stan and Andrea - Chinese food | ||
| Friday 31/7/98 | Down to Henley - Italian restaurant. | ||
| Saturday 1/8/98 | +Glen | Down to Maidenhead - pickup up Glen from the station. Pizza | |
| Sunday 2/8/98 | Down to moor at Windsor. Wandered around | ||
| Monday 3/8/98 | Down to Hampton Court | ||
| Tuesday 4/8/98 | On to the River Wey - dinner at the White heart near New Hay lock | ||
| Wednesday 5/8/98 | Aiming for Guildford - Stopped at the Anchor. | ||
| Thursday 6/8/98 | Lucy, Glen and Emily seen off by coach. Wandered round Guildford | ||
| Friday 7/8/98 | Moved to Godalming after lunch - moored by Sainsburys and Homebase! Kings Arms for drinks | ||
| Saturday 8/8/98 | Susan, Dave, Jayne, Nick, Spike, Bluebell, Alan | Changeover day. Car shuffling - Van brakes failed on the way back to Godalming. Had (early) birthday tea for Jenny. | |
| Sunday 9/8/98 11:30-18:00 |
Jenny back to Poole, Alan drove van back to Poole, with supplies of brake fluid. Lunch at the Wey Barge, moored New Inn | Half of the journey back to Poole on handbrake only - an interesting trip. | |
| Monday 10/8/98 9:30- |
White Hart at New Haw lock for lunch, on to the Thames at 4:30, moored Hampton Court. Dave off for provisions. | ||
| Tuesday 11/8/98 | At moorings, Palace explored. Phone call to lock keeper to be told to be at Teddington at 7am | ||
| Wednesday 12/8/98 06:00-18:30 |
Away early, through Teddington at 6:50. Brentford at 7:45, moored above gauging locks for breakfast at 8:25. Away again at 9:00, moored at Sainsbury's A|lperton | ||
| Thursday 13/8/98 9:30-16:50 |
Watered at Little Venice, moored opposite Battlebridge Basin. Spikes loosened by a group of lads - moved across to pub mooring. Visited by 4 police who had been told the lads had hijacked the boat! | ||
| Friday 14/8/98 ?-15:30 |
Visited London Canal museum, then leisurely trip back to Little Venice | ||
| Saturday 15/8/98 | - Dave, Jayne +A |
Dave and Jayne left for Poole, A via Oxford and Paddington. Fish'n'chips for tea. |
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| Sunday 16/8/98 | Walked down to Big Ben and Buck Palace via the parks, saw guard at Horse Guards | ||
| Monday 17/8/98 14:35 |
S+N off to see the Tower. Stopped at Sainsbury's Alperton for supplies, moored Horsenden Hill for a BBQ | ||
| Tuesday 18/8/98 9:30-18:45 |
Uxbridge boat centre at 1pm, diesel gas and boat pole. General Elliot for lunch, moored above Stocks Lock (below Batchworth). | ||
| Wednesday 19/8/98 9:00- |
Caught a slow boat, moored above Ironbridge lock for early lunch. Up to Boxworth, moored on the wrong side and BBQ | ||
| Thursday 20/8/98 9:15-18:15 |
B&Q for primer for boat pole, Berkhamstead for lunch at 1:30.Cowroast for PO and small windlass for N. Grand Junction at Bulborne. A+N in TWB up the Wendover Arm under battery power. | ||
| Friday 21/8/98 9:20-17:00 |
Down Marsworth, onto the Aylesbury arm, into the basin. Mooring no problem, sorted out bus times, contacted Mark F and Dad | ||
| Saturday 22/8/98 | +Mark | At moorings - Mark arrived | |
| Sunday 23/8/98 11:00-17:00 |
Off for Tescos, Mark wound in basin. A returned (where had he been?) up to moor at Wilstone | ||
| Monday 24/8/98 9:30-16:00 |
Aground and listing, off ok. Lunch at Marsorth, moored below Slapton Lock Carpenters arms | ||
| Tuesday 25/8/98 10:00-18:30 |
To Leighton Buzzard by 11:30 - M off to look at railway, shopping etc - found some engine oil. Moored below Fenny Stratford lock | ||
| Wednesday 26/8/98 9:40- |
Lunch at the Galleon, Cosgrove - broke the tiller pin whilst mooring! Stoke Bruerne very low - about 3 hours to get up. Navigation for tea. | Engine oil changed | |
| Thursday 27/8/98 14:30- |
M to museum, stayed for lunch. Moored Blisworthm TWB used for blackberry picking, Royal Oak for a pint. | ||
| Friday 28/8/98 9:15-13:50 |
Down the Northampton arm, shortage of water, sheep stuck in mud below a lock. Moored Northampton, many new buildings etc since last time we were here. TWB exploration of navigable arm upstream of junction - the Westbridge arm | ||
| Saturday 29/8/98 9:45- |
Into the arm at 10, shallow but passable. Winding was hard work - eventually moored to bollards outside MegaBowl. Slow trip down to moor above bottom lock. Found rope and a bucket in the weed hatch. Up the locks - helped by M's friends Jim, Velda, and Corin.On to Gayton for water. | ||
| Sunday 30/8/98 10:20- |
+Roger, Mary -ASN, Bluebell, Spike |
Tidying and packing. Up to the Wharf at Bugbrooke. Met Roger and Mary, transhipped | |
| Until 3/9/98 | Boat worked round from Bugbrooke, to the Wharf at Fenny Mary taken ill, so voyage curtailed |
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| Friday 4/9/98 10:20-17:00 |
Mark, Russell, | Mark Fry and Russell Henman as crew. Lunch below Claydon, moored Banbury. Corrinne Henman arrived by train, moved to outskirts of town. | |
| Saturday 5/9/98 9:50-17:00 |
Light rain, moored for lunch above Aynho wharf at 12:45. Moored just above Lower Heyford Wharf . All tidied up, deck gear inside. | ||
| ?? | ?? | Who crewed B-Hive back to Oxford? - was it Ian Wheeler?? | |
| Thursday 24/9/98 | Pete, Jill, Joshua | Arrived 6pmish to unpack | |
| Friday 25/9/98 | Up the Thames, moored for the night at the Maybush, Newbridge. | ||
| Saturday 26/9/98 9:45- |
Very damp - up to Ha'penny Bridge nr Lechlade to moor. Sunday roast a day early due to appalling weather. | ||
| Sunday 27/9/98 11:10-16:30 |
Very heavy rain. Back to Newbridge for dinner as weather was so bad. | ||
| Monday 28/9/98 10:00-14:00 |
Bad night - boat tilting and things falling off worktops. Back down to the yard. |