You might think that the short period of our close season between the end of one boating year to the start of the next is a time for sitting back, catching up on things and taking things a little more steady.
Far from it.
We are busy as ever behind the scenes preparing, in this case, for the 2026 season which starts in February.
The close season does provide us with enough of a window to undertake one of our more time-consuming and costly jobs which thankfully do not happen every year.
This is the repainting of our boats Lancelot and Guinevere.
However, for various reasons we can only get one of the two painted at the moment, so it was Lancelot that got the nod to be first to shipped off to our friends at Hillmorton Boat Services near Rugby.
The first Monday of January saw the boat take the short trip from Braunston up the North Oxford Canal to Hillmorton Locks for the work to be done.
Here’s a few photos from the early stages below
Look out for more photos on Lancelot’s progress to follow.
And rest assured, Lancelot will be spick and span and ready for February and our first booking of the 2026 season.
