Started at the ISIS lock, the entry to the river Thames. This kind of winds it’s way out of Oxford, then broadens out a bit after the Osney lock.
Wrong date
The lock keeper at the Osney lock issues me a licence with the wrong date on it.
I paid for 2 days, as you can see, but she’s yesterdays date on it, the 13th.
Also, I paid by cash. She’s put that I paid by card.
This is going to have the net effect of having me pulled up and making a claim that I haven’t paid, when really I have.
The blog is a testament to my movements. Also the photos I took on the 13th pretty clearly show that I wasn’t on the Thames.
Some fun for tomorrow.
Cruising down the Thames
Is much faster. The locks are all hydrolic.
It’s a not as pretty as the canal.
Bridges.
Day 41 – Map
Don’t really have a lot of time to write tonight.
I’ve discovered paypal have fraudulently deducted £75 from my bank account.
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Oh dear…..it sounds like ‘one of those days’. Hope you manage to sort out the Paypal thing. One would think that the lock keepers would know the correct date, but I suppose they do get things wrong…always check before leaving!! River cruising is quite different from cruising the canals, I guess, you can’t just stop off where ever you like….so I guess you have pretty much worked out where you will moor each night. It’s very interesting though and things look so different from the water. Hope you have a good day today and that the weather holds fair for your cruising :-)