Monday, 1 April 2019

Stage 18 - Culham to Radley

Dear Bertie,

Today you have just turned 8 months old and are now weighing 7.5kg. My poor back :)

It was another gorgeous sunny day and Spring has begun. We got up early and headed back to Culham and took a short cut along a rather busy road back to join the Thames Path.



We stopped for our lunch in The Nags Head pub on the river where you threw a lot of your lunch on the carpet - oops!



 Back on the path we crossed the massive Abingdon lock - 



which was constructed many years ago around 1624. It is the oldest surviving lock chamber in the UK, and possibly Europe!


Then we walked under a rickety old metal railway bridge which is the main GWR line from London to Oxford.



We passed a pirate barge close to the Abingdon rowing club, which was established in 1958.


The blossoms were out on all the trees and we walked through a beautiful tunnel of sweet smelling white flowers.



We arrived in Lower Radley which is a picturesque and very quiet Oxfordshire village full of beautiful thatched cottages dating back to the 14th century. 



You were exhausted on the way home and fell asleep on me amongst all the commuters on the train.



TOTAL DISTANCE: 13.4 KM
Feeding stops: 2
Nappy changes: 6 - you had the shits!
Crying episodes: 0 yah!

Feeding stop:

The Nags head, Abingdon: baby change, high chairs and large teapots for warming food. Proper food and lighter lunch menu.

Travel:
Outbound, 3 changes: Clapham Junction - Reading - Didcot - Culham
Inbound, 3 changes : Radley - Oxford - Reading - Clapham Junction

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29605510

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