Oxford cruise - Episode 1

Leopard has started her first 2009 cruise - down the Oxford canal to Oxford and, possibly, up the Thames westwards to Lechlade. It depends on our humour at the time.

The only time constraint is that I want to be back in Braunston for the historic boat rally on 27 June.



The first picture shows us topping up with diesel at Braunston before leaving (on Sunday 10 May).







This is our first view of open countryside after Braunston.







And a view of a busy section of the canal.







Cows enjoying the sunshine. Do cows enjoy? It's not for nothing that "bovine" means what it does!









I have been surprised by the numbers of sheep and lambs in the fields. Coming from Ireland I had an image of the UK having a huge population and very little open countryside. But there seems to be at least as much agriculture as in Ireland.





And this is where we stopped for our first night - out in the middle of nowhere. Well, actually it was just after bridge 123 on the Oxford canal.