the weeks we spend in oxford absolutely flew it feels like we've only just got here but it's
been over a month it got much warmer and you can definitely feel that summer is on its way
i'm glad i've opened the swimming season early because it really adds a lot of joy to my day
when i get over the resistance and go in and the water is slowly getting warmer too maybe i got
used to it but my hands no longer go numb and i spend a little bit longer swimming each day
practicing yoga on the roof is amazing because of fresh air and being an
element but it's also more challenging in terms of finding balance and keeping
the attention within it's easy to practice inside the boat or on the ground
but it's definitely worth getting out on the roof from time to time
this spring i started making my own kefir and i've been making it plant-based so i've
so far i've experimented with soy milk and coconut milk so if you don't know what kefir is
it is fermented beverage similar to yogurt but apparently kefir has
something like 40 different varieties of probiotic whereas yogurt only have something
like four or five i grew up in kefir we used to have it all the time at home and i feel
like it's really good for me it's really easy to do so i've started making my own
my fascination with animals continues now the dragonflies are everywhere i just love
how blue they are and the mama duck we've been getting close to has a new trick look who's here
hello mama deck she stands on top of the dinghy and a while i pass by the window
to look me straight in the eye of course i then have to surrender and give her oats
i will miss her cheeky face literally look at this chubby cheeks
okay potatoes
you love potatoes
do you wanna clip from my hands
i'm done
so
i've had loads of interactions with birds recently one day i heard some noise in the kitchen
turned around and saw a coot sitting in a sink no idea what happened there then
probably the next day i was working on my laptop and saw something in the window out of the corner
of my eye the coot probably the same one sat on the gunnels outside and was looking straight at me
i couldn't believe it a couple of coots had their tiniest cheeks nearby so
i think one of them was scanning the territory for potential dangers or food could be either
we're leaving oxford today more adventures to be had ahead we spend about a month and a half here
loved every minute but it's time to go south
oxford it's been great let's hope we can come back before the end of this summer
just in time for the bridge it's coming up
the tree didn't get hit
oh
is
what's the plan for today
aiming for abingdon yeah that's the plan
we're at samford lock lock number three now do you know how many locks you want
to do one more well the next one's having to lock while we're stopping so one more
what time of the year is it really november cold got your november
so looks like this watch point works well hasn't got holes in it
nothing's leaking um so i'm hoping fingers crossed that environmental agency are going
to fix all of their wood prints back to how they were um so this is a good sign very good sign
you're ready to go yeah it's pretty much done oh should we just more up in town
huh shall we just more up in town there's more he's just out of luck yeah let's do that
boat and i'm stuck in abingdon lock um it let us in it let's close the sluices but it won't
let us open the solutions the other end so we're kind of stuck in the lock at the moment
um well then i'll take some details from you and i'll include the uh lock keeper and let them know
i think he knows
it must be if it's logged as something there you might get paid extra time maybe where i'm laughing
the door
well yeah he can't drive into a lot we went into luck we opened the door first
then we went and we closed the door then we closed the sluices
and then we tried to open the other sluices on the other side till it was down
and they didn't open so we were stuck there for about half an hour then we met a nice
friendly lock keeper who helped us through but ugh i'm knackered i want to go to bed
we've got an early morning we've got an early morning try
it's 10 o'clock though it's like daylight
always join us next week for a very early cruise on the thames to pangborn
first river rescue of the summer reuniting with friends and a new creative project it's a good one
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