Hot, Hot, Hot in Thrupp and a longer than planned trip down to Oxford.

A great mooring place in our favourite spot which would have been wonderful apart from the excessive heat.

Unlike most Labradors, Barney only paddles!

We did manage some socialising despite the heat, firstly with Maffi and Susan and on Sunday Hugh and Ann came to visit us and we had a good lunch in the Boat Inn.  We also managed a cooked breakfast at Annies on Saturday.

In between times there was a lot of sitting in the shade and desperately trying to keep cool.........

Love this notice at the entrance to the nearby woods

This morning we left at 7am to beat the heat but it turned out to be longer than we thought as we stopped to water at yet another slow tap and it was gone 11 by the time we moored at Aristotle Bridge moorings.  By this time I was feeling the heat and had recourse to the umbrella as a sunshade.......quite difficult to manoeuvre when going under low hanging trees!!!

Once settled Barney and I took ourselves off to the small park adjacent to the moorings and sat most of the rest of the day in the shade.   Geoff of course had his normal siesta!

Total distance:5.75 miles Elapsed time:4h12m32s Locks:4 Bridges:24 
Average speed:1.37 mph (2.32 lock/mph)