We finished the Oxford Canal part of our trip on Monday and came down the final part into the centre of Oxford and moored opposite College Cruisers on the 48 hour moorings. A very pleasant night and only a fifteen minute walk into the centre of Oxford.
This morning we moved off after the rain had stopped at 10 am to what would be our first taste of the Thames since we went to the Kennet & Avon in 2010 in sunshine. Alas we had some sun but we also had wind with huge gusts which made for a chilly passage through to Abingdon. The lockie recommended mooring downstream of the bridge would be better as it would be more sheltered than the field mooring above the bridge.
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| Our mooring tonight below Abingdon bridge |
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| Anne getting Wolvercote lock ready in warm sunshine on Monday afternoon-our last before mooring in Oxford |
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| We passed some really nice terrace houses that had some very impressive refurbishments carried out to them |
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| The dining room of Balliol College- very Hogwarts |
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| One of the fine Oxford University Buildings |
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| I then noticed an undergraduate's attempt at modernism!!!!! |
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| One of the older style boat houses on The Thames |
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| A modern equivalent |
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| One of the few remaining college boats for watching the rowing outside an impressive riverside hotel |
