On Friday we saw sights as planned. The Ashmolean museum is, possibly predictably, full of old things. Despite our reservations, the tour of the castle/prison was rather good. We climbed the castle mound too, so Jo got to see some of the dreaming spires.
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| Oxford from tube castle mound. |
On Saturday we set off in the grey for Isis lock where we needed to turn around. This involved going through the lock onto the terrible Thames (while keeping the boat firmly held by the front rope from the pontoon provided) and letting the current take the back around until able to motor back into the lock. It worked perfectly and we were soon safely back in the lock and facing the right way.
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| Safely back in the lock. You can see the pontoon and turning area in the background. |
We headed back up the canal out of Oxford, meeting some interesting boats on the way. This rather precarious rowing/punting arrangement...
And a couple of hire boats full of young men dressed a pirates with little idea about what they were doing...
It all added interest to what turned out to be a mainly wet and windy cruse the five and half miles to the visitor moorings at Thrupp, which happen to be right next to a rather inviting looking pub :)
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