Weather Report..................

The market is set up.. stalls, protected by tarpaulins

Forecast was for strong showers.
We had a good sharp shower at 0200. It stopped at 0215. I went out to connect up the cisterns.

Collected all of 5 litres, overnight.
Sunshine over the market field, dark clouds all round.. No wind to shift it.
 
Another warm sunny day in prospect, we may even be one of the warmest spots in the UK today. It’s the annual “Drive It Day” today where old cars come out of hibernation. Our club is having it’s run next week as cafes will then be open, but we’ll go out today for a little jaunt in the 2cv. ☀️☀️☀️
 
Oxford has blue sky and a chilly easterly wind today.
So it was a bike ride from Oxford C&CC site along the Thames path into Oxford:

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....and a wander around the streets of Oxford taking in the sights including a feathered fisherman by Oxford Castle:

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Colin 🙂🙂🙂
 
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Couldn't have planned it better.

Walked the 400 yards down the lane to the market , in full sunshine. Met and had quick words with many neighbours and acquaintances, we hadn't seen for ages.

The market stalls were well separated and the customers kept their distance, masked and hand sanitised.
We made a few purchases, and chatted with more folk, even having a beer with a local guy, who has been very good to us, over the years.
Just as were considering having a Piri piri chicken lunch, the skies darkened and the wind turned gusty.
We headed home, only stopping to forage a kilo of Nespera fruit, growing over a fenced off, unoccupied orchard.
We'd just got in, when the other side of the valley was lost in a mist cloud that was rolling across to us.
Scrambled to get the laundry in, just before the heavens opened.
Thunder, lightning and a 15 minute downpour.
I checked the weather site..
Unbroken sunshine, all afternoon..!

It's drizzled ever since.
We've already got 2 months capacity into the cisterns..
Mustn't grumble.
 
It's 6°C in Oxfordshire and the breeze means that it feels quite chilly at the moment. We have patches of blue overhead with clear blue sky expected mid morning and then for the remainder of the day.
So...............more cycling along the Thames on this truly Beautiful Isle is in prospect.

Colin 🙂🙂🙂
 
It was a lovely ride along National Cycle Route 5 from Oxford to Abingdon today with lunch in Abingdon Market Square in warm sunshine.
The route takes in some of the Thames long distance path, goes across water meadows and fields and is altogether very picturesque with lots of wild flowers and newly hatched ducklings.
Having said that, by the time we returned to Oxford C&CC site, the bikes were pretty much worn out and beyond economic repair:

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Colin 🙂🙂🙂
 
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It was a lovely ride along National Cycle Route 5 from Oxford to Abingdon today with lunch in Abingdon Market Square in warm sunshine.
The route takes in some of the Thames long distance path, goes across water meadows and fields and is altogether very picturesque with lots of wild flowers and newly hatched ducklings.
Having said that, by the time we returned to Oxford C&CC site, the bikes were pretty much worn out and beyond economic repair:

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Colin 🙂🙂🙂
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And here's me thinking that Brompton's were built to last ................ 🤔😀
 
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