A new little arrival and two family visits

Wednesday 21^st and Thursday 22^nd August; Oxford and back to Aristotle Bridge

On Wednesday we started with a visit to Sainsbury’s for something tasty for lunch, before making our way to the station for a trip to meet our new little grandson.  The train was NEW!  Comfortable, clean, with air-conditioning and not crowded.  It was Meg’s first trip on a train, and she coped well.

We had a lovely day with new grandson and his big brother

before getting the train back to the boat.  We went to the Four Candles (Wetherspoon’s) to eat, as my laptop needed charging!

On Thursday, we stayed in Oxford.  Dave took Meg off to Port Meadow for a walk and I did a bit of cleaning, before we left Meg and went again to the Natural History Museum, which we had enjoyed so much on our last visit.  This time we went upstairs and spent a while looking at the insect cases, where there were live cockroaches, stick insects and a tarantula.  I also admired the beautiful glazed roof and the decorated ironwork and masonry.

 

We finished at what looked like, from a distance, the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.  But no – these were herbivores, as you can see from their lack of teeth!

And there was also a Stegosaurus fossil skull.

We had to be at the Crisis cafe for lunch, where we met my sister and brother-in-law for a delicious lunch, before we walked back to the boat.  We had been in Oxford two nights already, and had to move – so we toddled down to Isis lock to turn

Then we cruised up to Aristotle bridge, where we just squeezed in at the bridge end.  After tea and cake, our visitors left fpr Wolvercote, where they had left their car.  We ate on the boat.

1 lock (twice), 1 mile