Saturday 17th June '17

Neither of us slept well last night, it was noisier than we'd been used to and apparently some boats went by at about 2,00am. There was shouting in the distance at one point and Paddy was barking at something as well. Anyway it culminated in us getting up BEFORE 8,00am, and leaving before 9,00. It was just as well really because it's become a scorcher of a day.

There were lots of boats moored around Oxford and they had changed the channel that we'd used before, so we went past the pub called  The Head of the River. However once we'd cleared the city and left all the rowers behind, of which there were LOTS, it became much quieter, to the extent that we hardly saw a soul for most of the journey.

A beautiful goose for those of you mistaken souls who like the Canada's. This is what geese over here should look like, unless they're the domestic white ones. Just saying.......

Looking back at a lovely tranquil stretch of river, it really was blissful today.

This is our view from the hatch for the rest of the day and night, we're at Abingdon. We've been past here before but not managed to moor here for a night so we're rather pleased with ourselves. Despite getting here before 1.00 we still seem to have got the last mooring and although it's a bit of a walk from the town (we're just under the lock, hence the view of the weir) it's a lot quieter than further up, which is opposite a park that is full to the brim of families and a pub which is equally crowded.

We've had an ice cream and ate it sat under the shade of a tree in a breeze, it was lovely!

Here's the red kite from yesterday, I got some more shots of them today but this is still the best!