The sun is shining again and the trees have lost that damp, limp and dreary appearance. After taking on some fuel at College Cruisers ( so much cheaper than on the Thames) we strolled into the city of dreaming spires!
Our first stop was to be a cup of coffee and as we made our way up George Street we stumbled across the old Fire Station, now a 'cafe from crisis', which looked just right. However, our cup of coffee turned into a brilliant 'Fireman's Breakfast'. If you are ever in Oxford and fancy breakfast we would thoroughly recommend it. Excellent service, excellent bacon and sausages and excellent value for money. Well fed, we ventured on and enjoyed a great few hours wandering the streets of this beautiful city.
Then, much later, we just had to visit The Old Bookbinders Ale House! Today we found it open and what a find! The excellent beer was served at just the right temperature and we spent a very pleasant hour or so in the warm and friendly surroundings of this unique little pub.
We made the short journey on to the Thames on Wednesday morning and found a mooring at the busy East Street moorings. We walked up to Osney Lock to buy our licence only to find the lock on self service and the poor boaters in the lock struggling to use the control panel! There was no power so they were having to work the lock manually! We had been warned that many of the Thames locks are not manned now but it will be hard graft if we have to hand wind them! So much for Jenny thinking she was off duty for a couple of weeks!
We had planned to meet good friends, Jan and Tony for lunch at the Punters, a great little pub just opposite Hunters Moon. Great to catch up, have yet more good beer and an enjoy an excellent lunch in good company. The day was bright so we had a little walk after for Tony to show us where the fish market and meat market were. Two places that we will most definitely visit on our journey back to Fenny in October.
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