No time for a 'proper' blog tonight - suffice to say, day 15 of our trip completed, we have reached Oxford and the mileage total now stands at 131 miles. Another hot day today - we are getting desperate for the temperatures to cool off as walking in 25 degrees day after day is making us very tired (and in my case likely to be irritable!). Met up with Alan & Diana this afternoon when we reached Osney Bridge in Oxford. They brought along some fresh changes of clothes for us and transported us to our hotel for this evening. We will get a taxi back to Oxford Station in the morning and walk to Osney Bridge to continue on our journey. Next stop Bablock Hythe and the Ferrymans Inn. I just hope there is no repeat of the double booking which happened at Abingdon because as far as I know, there IS no alternative accommodation tomorrow evening.
Postscript:
The route as the path leaves Abingdon is slightly confusing - at one point you turn back the way you have just come and feel you are walking in circles. Not far along the path we were met with a fallen tree which meant removing rucksacks and scrambloing over and under branches. We had quiet meadow walking and fields of cows. Then a noise like a chainsaw started - we walked on to find it was motorbikes and quad bikes racing on a field across the river. There was little in the way of refreshment stops today - lunch was taken under shady tree on the riverbank then we got cold drinks at Sanford Lock (unbelievebaly busy due to it being a hot Sunday). The path became noticeably busier as we approached Oxford - lots of walkers and cyclists. As mentioned above, my friends Alan & Diana met us and transported us to our hotel. We had a meal with them at the Trout Inn in Godstow later that evening.
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