At least you are warned about the Indians when starting this leg. Perhaps that's why there was nothing of any great moment to report.
Then again, yesterday's weather may have put off most people from having to take their photographs in these conditions!
But we risked it and set off through a tranquil world in which, if you look carefully, you can see my advance guard protecting me from possible danger.
We came across the usual names that are kin to that most common of English house names, 'Dunroamin'. This one speaks for itself.
Canals have their fashion notes in the decoration of boats, the manner of dress of their owners and even the unexpected on the canal side. Have you ever seen horse blankets like these?
The boats are pictured by Ian Rob on the Geograph website.
The bridge in front of the buildings and a level crossing beyond have been bypassed by this new structure with the unglamorous name of Bridge 43A. Doesn't look quite the same does it?
Close by was this plaque at the canalside remembering in brief the life of Thomas G Faulkner, born 1883 died 1984, who lived and worked here at Banbury Lane for 48 years 1903 - 1951.
And so here we are at the end of today's excursion, Bridge 45 to be exact near Gayton in Northamptonshire.
As to be expected we did not pass the morning without the obligatory canine. I know we have had a very cold springtime, but never expected to find a husky this far south.
And it was not quite the end, because we chose to return via a favourite refreshment house, The Wharf at Bugbrooke.
It was a pleasant hour or so in the country, but this scruffy blackbird on the lawn back home summed it up; not perfect but worth looking at.
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