Dont be ridiculous...of course I won`t fall in!!

An accident waiting to happen!

The day started well (and relatively early) as we had decided to take the scenic route down through the last lock of the Oxford onto the Thames ……..

…….and all the way round  the back of Port Meadow......

…..where canada geese out in force

.... to Dukes cut and thence back to the sani station a couple of bridges before Aristotle.   It had been a few years since we had been on this stretch of water so it had to be tried again.  We timed it well at Godstow Lock as the lock keeper was just coming on duty but Kings Lock was on Self service so Geoff had his first exercise for the day.

A sharp turn after exiting Kings Lock and our wide open vista as we came along the Thames changed rapidly into a sombre and somewhat gloomy passage up to Dukes Cut Lock.   I had forgotten how drear this stretch was.

Another right turn after this put us back on the Oxford.  We were held up for a while by dredging operations but eventually moored at our goal just before bridge 239A.    The purpose of this was not only to Water and empty the loo but also to try and clean off all the mess we had acquired whilst moored down in Jericho.  Geoff had made the mistake of mooring under a cherry tree which was bad enough but all that lovely birdsong we had been listening to had not been very friendly!   The roof and both sides were covered.

Hence the picture above.    I was told to go up to Summertown and do the shopping as he (Geoff ) was quite capable of washing the offside of Petroc unsupervised and no of course he would not fall in........famous last words.

Even if he had not confessed on my return the change of clothes would have been a bit of a giveaway!