The meeting went well - I am a trustee for a charity - the Bernard Butler Trust and we hand out grants to engineering students for their studies. The subsequent meal was pretty good too!
Just as I was arriving back in Oxford, Annie phoned to say she had had a visit from the Osney Lock Keeper who asked how long we were staying, as with the days rain he was likely to red board his section of the Thames in the morning. Decision made! as soon as I got back we fired up the engine and set off the short distance to the junction with the Oxford Canal. Because of the strong flow in the river, and a number of idiot boats moored either side of the entrance, we had to make a 2nd attempt at turning off the Thames. All your school physics lessons come back to you at times like this - to very action there is an equal and opposite reaction..... Current is this fast in this direction, I need to turn up the wick on the engine and point that way....
We headed out of Oxford past a seemingly endless line of moored boats. At last away from everyone we spotted a nice looking pub through the fields and slammed the brakes on (well as well as we could!) and moored up for the night. Of course we had to visit the pub - the Plough at Wolvercote - too. 10/10 !
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| Jericho, Oxford. Cliffs on either side. Posh penthouses on the left, social housing flats on the right. We heard screams from one side telling the other side to shut up! |
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| The Plough at Wolvercote and our mooring. |
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