original post 15/06/08
I think we eventually got to bed about 2am. So this morning when the church bells of Abingdon rang out it was a bit of a shock. They wont continue for long thought I, just calling the faithful to worship, but no, It was obviously a campanology convention calling the faithful who had quaffed a skinfull the night before to clamber out of bed and put the kettle on.
Maffi and Bones where already up and about and after the first brew we were ready for the last haul to Oxford. So we waved farewell and passed on our thanks again for such an excellent evening and cast off.
Nothing of real note for the four hours it took to reach Osney Lock except that again the going was slow in places but the sun kept playing on us and making the criuse very enjoyable.
The public moorings above Osney lock had a number of free spaces so we slotted in just past the pub and took a walk into town to get some lunch.
We stopped at the castle and took a table outside one of those grill type places, this one was called Tootsies. They brought the menu's to the table and that was the last we saw of them for 20 mins, So enough was enough and we went elsewhere. Gordon Ramsey wouldve been outraged.
Back on LE sleep overtook us both and our afternoon nap ended at about 7pm !!!!! so its now 12.20am and we are still awake. Tomorrow we'll have a wander round town and also a visit to Halfords to try and get the part for the engine then set off for the canal. if we wake up in time that is
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just in case you didn't spot it and it's useful - you can backdate blogger posts if you need to repost stuff, to get it to come up on the right day - I did a lot of that when moving Tortoise over to blogger...
Simon
Nice pics here of what looks like a nice place Geoff. As always, am enjoying the warmth and gentle, wry humour of your posts. It feels as if I'm on the way with you both!
Can't remember if I've posted on this one or not, so if i have ignore me! I was thinking how attractive the buildings are alongside the canal there. Sounds like a good stop over!
Cheers Simon...good to see your back in one piece....Im always open to useful comments as my computing skills are second to none. Im actually enjoying re-doing the posts but what id really like to know is what im doing wrong with the pics? when i click on other peoples photos I get a seperate window open and a bigger photo....if i click on mine nothing seems to happen?
Hi Val
The river around Oxford is lovely.its one of my fav bits of the thames
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