Bank holiday Monday

We leave Abington and straight away we have a lock, the lock keeper isn't on duty so Denise must push the buttons to operate the lock, we pass on through and then takes on much needed water before carrying on our journey towards Oxford.

As we. Approach Oxford the river gets a lot busier with lots of rowers, canoeist and other pleasure crafts on the waterways, also the footpaths have a lot of activities cyclists, joggers, and walkers.

The side of the river now has the rowing club houses for each university situated on the riverbank,as we reach Osney railway bridge with its touching memorial to Edgar Wilson who on the 15 th of June 1889 saved the lives of two boys here, at the cost of his own.

We don't turn on to the Oxford canal straight away but stay on the Thames as its skirts the city, here we pass Pot Meadow a expanse of meadow land which has wild horses grazing upon it then we pass the remains of Godstow Abbey which was found in the 12-C then we turn onto Dukes cut which then joins the Oxford canal and we are back on still water, and narrow locks we carry on to Thrupp where we moor just before it rains.