From Bablock Hythe, River Thames, to Kidlington, Oxford Canal
Some old territory and some new today - we retraced our passage down the Pinkerton and Eynsham locks, and then branched right, and on down to the King's Lock where the lady lock keeper had this helpful facility for cyclists - see picture.
Our route then took us on downstream to Godstow, and through our first electrically controlled lock (just like enFrancais), and out onto a very wide, fast flowing and extremely windy stretch of the Thames, we were fighting with the elements all the way until the shelter of Fiddlers Island, and then to the refuge of the Sheepwash Channel linking us via Isis Lock (picture) to Oxford and the canal again. Wending our way out of the urban area northwards, not an attractive aspect of the city, and we quickly realised we were back under the auspices of British Waterways, overhanging trees, and long stretches of linear moorings.
Thankfully we have found a mooring spot just outside Kidlington - autumn is most definitely here - a cool, windy, overcast day, and the barometer is falling!
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