Good progress over the last 2 days, boosted by some excellent sun on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The river was fast flowing through parts of Oxford and I was relieved to be through Osney Bridge. Approaching Folly Bridge below I was hoping to creep up behind a romantic couple in a punt, but no-one was out.
Now nestling in the lee of 'The Rose Revived' at Newbridge for a 'day of rest' before the final section. Barring major setbacks I aim to complete the final half mile from Lechlade on Sunday, starting at 1200. All are welcome. The towpath follows the south of the river and there is ample parking. Bring a picnic!.
There have been scurrilous accusations that this trip is just an excuse for a pub crawl and that I have in fact been driving up and down with my satnav pretending to be in plausible locations! But these cynics are just armchair sailors wishing they too could be floating on fast-running river in a leaky boat with no guarantee of forward motion!
Excuses over. It was wonderful to meet with Julian Le Vay and Nick Sanderson at 'The Waterman's Arms' for lunch on Tuesday; Nick is a Trustee of Action for Prisoner's Families. Julian lives in Oxford and visits pubs, also appearing at 'The Trout Inn' (of Morse fame) on Tuesday evening.
Also Paul and Vanessa appeared late on Tuesday just as I was wandering back in fading light to my remote mooring - so back to 'The Trout' and a later return in the dark. Paul (Curley) was keen to be on record making contact out of working hours, though he had been searching for me for 6 hours!
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