Oxford to Bablock Hythe
10 Miles 4 Locks.
Wednesday. Jayne called Oxford shopmobility first thing to see if she could have the use of a scooter, yes, and you can use it anywhere within the city limits was the answer,so we arrived at the shopping centre and found shopmobility, while Jayne was sorting a scooter out I put a £1 coin in the guide map dispenser and surprisingly it worked ! out came a tourists map.
Moored above Osney Lock, Oxford
Jayne was supposed to remember the name of these buildings, but has forgotten
we will probably go back to Oxford next week so we will revisit them.
Cycle City, this is the cycle parking area at Oxford Train Station
Got back to the boat around 2.30 and as the weather was good I did a bit of paint touching up.
At 5 o,clock the Lock keeper came by to collect the £5 fee for staying on the mooring for an extra night but it was well worth it.
Thursday. We had planned to move today but had not decided how far, it's the best way, just go as far as you feel like. We past under Osney bridge as we left the mooring, at 7 feet 6 inches between the water and the highest point of the bridge it stops the larger cruisers getting past Oxford.
Osney Bridge Oxford, no Gin Palaces get past here. The fencing on the left is work being carried out on the weir
We past Port Meadow on our right, a huge field, the river is wide here but the edges are shallow.
Just right for Cattle, not so good for Boats
Godstow, another beautifully kept Thames Lock, with the cheerful lockie standing at the controls.
Floods are nothing new.
We moored up at 2 o'clock just upstream of the Ferryman pub on some very nice 24 hour moorings.
Moored just upstream from the Ferryman Pub.
Went to the pub tonight for a meal but we were not overly impressed, firstly they had trouble changing a £20 note for the drinks, secondly they had run out of Chips !!, ( I thought you made chips from Potato's) so Jayne's first choice of battered cod and chips was a none starter, just before we left Jayne popped to the toilet but came back and said "I will wait till I get back to the boat", however, having said all that, the meals we did have were very good so we must have caught them on a bad day.
Very quite hear, no main roads, the only noise was from Chinook helicopters which we think were from RAF Odiham.
We will move a bit closer to Lechlade tomorrow, how far depends on the weather.
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There's a £500 propeller near where you are!!!
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