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| The Head of The River pub, Oxford |
Leg Distance: 15 miles (plus 5 mile trip up
the River Cherwell)
Number of Locks: 6
Time Taken: 2 days
Overnight Accommodation: Oxford Sea Scouts Building, Oxford OX4 4BJ
Overall Distance Covered: 61 miles (not including River Cherwell)
Overall Distance Covered: 61 miles (not including River Cherwell)
We parked the car at the Oxford Sea Scouts
building and then took a taxi to Eynsham Lock. We canoed to Port Meadow, just before Oxford, where we met up with Bill’s
aunt Ruth, cousin Karen and family and had a picnic lunch with them
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| The ruins of Godstow Nunnery, beside Godstow Lock |
After lunch (& after Bill had taken a swim across the river and back) our convoy of 2 canoes and 3 kayaks paddled into
Oxford and then took a 5 mile round trip on the River Cherwell - we spotted a man fishing for crayfish, there were a lot of them as he had already collected a bucketful!
We went for a drink at The Cherwell Boathouse; the others were going to have dinner there so Bill and I paddled back to the Thames to our accommodation, close to Donnington Bridge
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| Avoiding punts on the River Cherwell by Magdalen Bridge |
We went for a drink at The Cherwell Boathouse; the others were going to have dinner there so Bill and I paddled back to the Thames to our accommodation, close to Donnington Bridge
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| Our overnight accommodation |
As we were staying inside the Sea Scout building we didn’t need to put the tent up so we left the canoe and all our gear inside before heading into Oxford city centre for a tour of some well known pubs such as:
The following day we walked the mile or so back into Oxford city centre for
some sightseeing. Oxford is really beautiful; we took a wander through the covered market, climbed to the top of the Sheldonian Theatre and visited Radcliffe Camera, Bridge of Sighs and New College
After shopping for our lunch we walked back to the Sea Scouts building, past the university boathouses, packed our gear and then paddled down to Abingdon – the wind was against us so it was hard going, so at one point we pulled over for a picnic followed by a snooze in the afternoon sun!
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| New College, Oxford |
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| New College, Oxford |
After shopping for our lunch we walked back to the Sea Scouts building, past the university boathouses, packed our gear and then paddled down to Abingdon – the wind was against us so it was hard going, so at one point we pulled over for a picnic followed by a snooze in the afternoon sun!
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| Disaster with re-provisioning in Oxford! |
Because of our late start after a morning sightseeing in Oxford we only made it as far as Abingdon Lock, so it was a reasonably short taxi ride back to
our car in Oxford
If you would like to download detailed information on the river please see this blog entry
If you would like to download detailed information on the river please see this blog entry
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