Leg 2 – Lechlade to Eynsham (overnight at Rushey Lock)

Loading our camping gear at Rushey Lock

Leg Distance: 24 miles

Number of Locks: 9

Time Taken: 2 days

Overnight Accommodation: Camped at Rushey Lock, Buckland Marsh

Overall Distance Covered: 46 miles (4 days)

We parked in Lechlade and put the canoe in using the grounds of the New Inn Hotel. We took all of our camping gear with us, so the canoe was very heavily laden which made portage around the locks tough and so paddled through the locks whenever possible, which the lock keepers seemed very happy with.

Radcot Bridge 

We were self-sufficient for lunch and dinner and set up camp that night at Rushey Lock. It is an official campsite with a toilet/shower block. The camping fee is paid to the lock keeper.

We went to have a look at The Trout at Tadpole Bridge, but it looked more like a restaurant than a pub so we decided not to have drinks there and headed back to the lock to set up our stove and disposable BBQ for dinner by the river.

Meeting other boaters at Rushey Lock

  

The following day we stopped for lunch at the Rose Revived pub at Newbridge – we pulled our canoe onto the steep bank on the left just after the bridge. There is an alternative pub, The Maybush, on the right hand side before the bridge which has an easier get out point, but that pub didn't look as appealing.

Going through Pinkhill Lock

We got out at Eynsham Lock and took a taxi over Swinford Toll Bridge back to our car at Lechlade.

If you would like to download detailed information on the river please see this blog entry.