We've travelled 6.84 miles today.
Sustained, in part, by our OatyCoconutCherry&Berry biscuits.
Filled dogma up with diesel, and got ourselves a spare gas cylinder at Abingdon boat services. Then pumped out just past
Abingdon Lock.
Bit of a mixed bag, weatherwise. When we cruised through 'pylon land' (Nuneham) it was grey and overcast, but by the time we'd travelled up past
Sandford Lock there was full on sunshine.
Sandford lock, despite being the deepest one on the thames, was easy to navigate. Thanks to a long straight run up to it, and a helpful smiling lock keeper with a boat pole.
The meadows and windy bends past the lock were much more pleasant to travel through. Passed under the Isis bridge, and arrived at...
A nice mooring spot, just before
Iffley Lock.
Sustained, in part, by our OatyCoconutCherry&Berry biscuits.
Filled dogma up with diesel, and got ourselves a spare gas cylinder at Abingdon boat services. Then pumped out just past Abingdon Lock. 
Bit of a mixed bag, weatherwise. When we cruised through 'pylon land' (Nuneham) it was grey and overcast, but by the time we'd travelled up past Sandford Lock there was full on sunshine. 
Sandford lock, despite being the deepest one on the thames, was easy to navigate. Thanks to a long straight run up to it, and a helpful smiling lock keeper with a boat pole.
The meadows and windy bends past the lock were much more pleasant to travel through. Passed under the Isis bridge, and arrived at...
A nice mooring spot, just before Iffley Lock.
Iffley Lock! You're pretty much in Oxford!
ReplyDeleteI hope the weather stays good for you.
Will you be spending some time in Oxford? If so you can moor up near Folly Bridge, or if you don't fancy that you can moor just past Osney Lock if there is spaces. Both are good for visiting the Town.
Thanks for the tips, Graham. Folly bridge looks very narrow. But i'm willing to give it a go. I think we're just stocking up on supplies and heading out into the countryside again. But if Oxford isn't Babylon central at this time of year, maybe we'll overnight.
ReplyDeleteHope you and Matilda are well.
Cheers..
Ken&Sheena&Sumo
The Mooring at Folly Bridge is before the bridge itself - it's wide open river. The Bridge is narrow, but you gotta go through it to carry on down the thames! :)
ReplyDeleteOxford is alright, I managed three years there, if you moor up at Osney, it's slightly out of town, and a good walking distance to Jericho - lovely part of town, and where the Canal runs.
Great stuff!