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Thursday, 6 January 2022

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Update - Life's too Short will be on sale at Tingdene Thames and Kennet Marina, early in June 2022 We're Changing Our Boat! After al...
Thursday, 10 June 2021

Grubby's tips for a Lechlade Trip!

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OK, where do I start? I hope this bit helps and doesn't put anyone off - it really is so beautiful up past Oxford, it's worth making...
Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Day 6 - Time to Relax

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Today we enjoyed breakfast with fellow Viking owners Vicky and Terry, with whom we'd previously only spoken to through FaceBook! It was ...
Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Day 5 - Back East of Oxford

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Luckily we had plenty of bottled water to drink and brush teeth with, but we knew that today we had to get to Abingdon to fill the water tan...
Monday, 31 May 2021

Day 4 - A Bridge too Far?

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Today we were heading to Lechlade, the highest point we can visit in our boat (the river is navigable further but gets quite shallow). We di...
Sunday, 30 May 2021

Day 3 - Crunch Time

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Osney Bridge to Radcot We awoke to a slightly grey and cold morning, but we'd both slept well and were ready for todays 'challenge o...
Saturday, 29 May 2021

Day 2 - Beale Park to East Street (Osney Bridge)

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We left Beale Park quite early as we knew we had another big day ahead of us - but we hit another snag at Goring Lock on self service! The h...
Friday, 28 May 2021

Day 1 - Bray to Beale Park

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I'll list all the timings of locks and bridges at the end of the blog section for anyone interested. We set off from our marina berth at...