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unusually neither the Puritans nor the Victorians,
those great church meddlers, have altered over the
centuries. The simple beauty of the Norman
architecture is very pleasing and there are some
quite spectacular figurative carvings. And, my
goodness, there are beautiful stained glass windows.
One by the neo-Romantic John Piper and an even
more recent addition by artist and parishioner Roger
Wagner. This is an idyllic English spot, quite lovely.
The boat will drop us at Iffley Lock so we can visit
the church and come back for us an hour later to
cruise back to Folly Bridge where we can buy hot
drinks or if you fancy it a shandy or a G&T before
the coach comes to collect us at the bridge at 5.30pm
to head home.
Coming To Start The Day at 10.00am
Pick up the guide en route in the centre of Oxford
and start with morning coffee at Oxford’s oldest
pub. On all of the Oxford days we obtain special
coach permits so that we can set down outside the
pub to make the day accessible to folk who can’t
walk too far. You can buy your own coffee this
morning and plan to do your own thing for lunch
or include the morning coffee and come back to the
pub for a fish & chip lunch also included in the tour
fee. The morning tour includes The Bod, Brasenose
College and University College Church and then
after lunch we either walk up to Folly Bridge or
transfer by coach depending on your folk and
whether we have returned to the pub for lunch or
stopped on The High for lunch which is then just a
short walk up to Folly Bridge. The first 25 minute
cruise takes us up past Christ Church Meadows
to picture postcard Iffley Lock to walk up to the
mediaeval village and visit the beautiful church with
the John Piper window before returning to Oxford by
boat. You can buy hot and drinks at the big pub by the
bridge where most of the seating is outside but if it
rains we might opt to head out of the city and stop at
the Oxford Services, which are actually rather nice!
You’ll be ready to head home from Oxford at 4.45pm.
The trip is available daily 1 March to 31 October.
The day with morning coffee and a fish & chip lunch
included along with the admission to Brasenose
College and the boat trips is £28.50pp until 31 March
2014 and £29.50 from 1 April 2014. Without morning
coffee and lunch included it is £19.50 to 31/03/14 and
£20.50 thereafter. Coach Mileage is just 2 miles max.
The first trips on this new plan have already taken
place with one organiser who has been coming with us
for 20 years saying it was their best trip yet.