Thames Path - A Day in Oxford, England

Thames Path - A Day in Oxford, England

What? A day off … no walking? Well, there might be no walking on the Thames Path today, but there’s plenty of walking to be done in Oxford. We’re taking a leisure day (a vacation from our vacation?) and spending it in the ‘City of Dreaming Spires’.

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Blue View - British Food

Blue View - British Food

I've never had a high regard for British food. Some of my bias, I have to admit, comes from the generally bad rep it gets, and some is based on airport food I've had as I passed through London Heathrow on the way to business meetings elsewhere. I have to say, however, that either the food here has dramatically improved since our last visit, or my memory is even worse than I thought.

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Thames Path – Dorchester to Abingdon and then on to Oxford

Thames Path – Dorchester to Abingdon and then on to Oxford

We’ve been extremely lucky with the weather, but the rain has finally caught up with us. Muddy paths and puddles for a few days, but nothing we couldn’t deal with. All in all, this is a life experience we wouldn’t have wanted to miss.

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