I was so cold last night – I was up finding blankets and even resorted
to socks at 1.30am! The winter duvet has made its
appearance!
It was another lovely sunny morning and the view from the bedroom
window as I was drying my hair was perfect.
We passed Jane’s Enchanted Tea Room – it was open yesterday but I
didn’t think about it until it was too late.
At Pigeons Lock it was a case of “I don’t believe it”! Mrs. Private Boater sat on the top gate and
watched Richard do the gate on his own.
What is it with people???
I managed to get a good photo of the Mercury satellite communications
ground station at Enslow which is part of their telephone network in Britain.
It was then down the River Cherwell to the diamond shaped lock at
Shipton Weir. It’s now a question of
what is the difference between the two following photos?
The answer is that the second photo was taken a year ago and had a
notice in the window saying the boat had broken down. This year the sign has gone but the boat
hasn’t moved!
We stopped to use the services at Thrupp and as we then went under the
lift bridge we could see a Mary H sized space so we pulled in and moored up –
result! We went across to Annie’s Tea
Rooms for lunch – definitely not one to be missed.
We had been told that there is a bus service out on the main road at
Thrupp which goes from Banbury to Oxford and goes through Kidlington. As we needed milk and a couple of other fresh
things we went to catch the 14.40 only to see it whizz passed the end of the
road :-( We returned to Mary H and then
went to catch the 15.40 – we were there about 15 minutes early! It’s only a short trip into Kidlington where
we got off, went to Tesco and then caught the next bus home.
I took this photo at lunchtime.
The cottages are real chocolate box ones but back onto the railway line
which is a busy one – great shame but I guess they were there before the
trains!
4.05 miles
3 locks
2 lift bridges
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