Stage 19: Radley to Oxford

Dear Bertie

Today you are nearly 9 months old and we headed back to Oxfordshire for stage 19!

We arrived at lovely Radley Station and headed back to the river where were left it.

We passed an old map which shows how far we have come since we started in Erith in November when you were just 13 weeks old!

The sun came out and of course you fell asleep - 

We stopped at a lovely pub, The Kings Arms, on Stanford lock

where you made a mess of the carpet again with mixed vegetables. 

Back on the path, we went under a big railway bridge with some colourful graffiti that you liked. 

As we approached the town, lots of very fit young rowers starting appearing, training  hard for the famous boat race this summer. 

     Dozens of rowing boat 'houses' line the river. 

We passed some house boats with funny names where some families live on the water all year round known as 'The boat people of Britain'. 

We walked through some lovely cottages lining the river in Oxford before heading back to the station

We went over an iron bridge proudly showing the Oxford local board plaque.



    You played happily with your toys on the way home.

GPS route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29107096

TOTAL DISTANCE: 12 KM

Feeding stops: 1

Nappy changes: 4

Crying episodes: 0 yah!

Feeding stop:
Kings Arms, Sandford Lock:  baby change, high chairs, decent lunch menu


Travel:
Outbound, 3 changes: Clapham Junction - Reading - Oxford - Radley
Inbound, 2 changes : Oxford - Reading - Clapham Junction