After our turbulent trip to town, we arrived in the center of Oxford. We entered the address of the restaurant where we would start our boat tour of the head waters of the Thames River into our trusty Sprint phone.
Downtown Oxford |
Long Boat on the River |
We were able to find the Folly Restaurant easily and arrived
over an hour before our tour.
We decided to take a walk along the river. It was a very
nice walk. The river is lined with docked long boats, most looking like they
haven’t moved in years, maybe longer.
The walkway was uncrowded we only occasionally were met by
other casual walkers, however, we had to be on constant watch for bicyclists
zipping up from behind. Most of the time, they were only inches away when we
heard the buzz of the tires on the pavement.
Along the path were the boat houses of the Oxford rowing
teams. None of the teams were practicing while we were there, so the entire
area was quiet.
After our walk, we still had time to kill, so we stopped into
the Head of the River Pub. Had a nice room temp beer and watched a bit of the
World Rugby Championships.
After a short walk we boarded the boat at the Folly
Restaurant.
It was a great time, more in the next entry.