Wev'e been doing some winter organization and programming so it's handy here to catch the bus to Oxford.
And that's exactly what I did this morning. Set the alarm for 6.30am, siiikkk, and in the steady rain made my way to the bus stop for a rondevous with the first of two buses to reach my destination.
On my way back to the boat catching the two buses in the reverse order was the plan but in the centre of the city of Oxford where I make the change a huge street carnival is under way and the leaving point for the bus had changed as indicted by the notice on the bus shelter and the closed roads and the ghost train ride etc that now spew across the streets.
So I retreat to where the temporary place of departure is supposed to be but there's nothing going my way so I figure I gotta walk past all the blockages and head outta town on the bus route until I see buses coming. It was easy to do just add 2 miles to the distance travelled today and wait 25 minutes for the bus..
Got to the boat about 6.45pm, a big day in retirement terms, a lovely roast chicken dinner soon put things right..
Boats moored at Thrupp....
On the seven day and the two day moorings and about another 16 boats behind these around to the
Jolly Boatman pub..
Three more toward the lift bridge....
A freight train goes by Thrupp hauling containers...
During the last 6 yrs in the UK rail saved 2 million tonnes of pollutants, 6.4 billion lorry kilometers or 31.5 million lorry loads...
Over 50 Lorries off the road with this one train.....
Every tonne of freight carried by rail produces at least 80 per cent less carbone dioxide than if moved by road...
Something that happened a couple or three weeks ago In Banbury..
Leonie Pam and Tait walked to a Kebab shop as they fancied a feed of the chicken shish kebab meal.
The only open kebab shop was pretty average in all ways, hygiene, appearance of staff, but order they did and stood waiting in the shop.
A customer already in the shop was sort of sprawled out on a window seat when he then proceeded to start "dry reaching" which actioned one of the shop staff to bring from behind the counter a large rubbish bin and that was the signal for the "pig" to start and try to fill it with "vomit"..
Stepping towards the door Tait said he should report it to the health department to which the staff member replied " he's a customer you can't do anything"....
Maybe in Banbury that's an acceptable occurance, I'm sure some people actually like extra "Mayo" on their kebab..
Even the demand for a refund of their money and the not waiting for or want of the takeaway was treated with astonishment....
Tomorrow another bus trip......
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