Today was our day to wander around Oxford. Breakfast at the B&B then pack the car, which we left at the B&B and caught the bus into the centre of Oxford. Got ourselves tickets for the bus tour and then hopped on the next bus for a loop of the Oxford. This took about an hour to go right the way round plus one stop. Commentary had some good information.
The reason for the extra stop was to get us closer to where one of the walking tours started. Joined the midday tour with our guide Stuart and a fairly small group.
Started with a quick walk past the Sheldonian Theatre and Bodleian Library before heading to New College. Unfortunately we could only look at the gardens and outside as they were recording the great hall. From here we walked through thin back alleys to Wadham college where we we able to go into the chapel and see the beautiful stained glass windows, though the dining room was in u for lunch so we didn’t go in.
We then walked back to the Bodleian library and went inside for a short talk from Stuart. We then looked in on a few more colleges before finishing the tour back in the centre of town.
After a quick bite of lunch, on a bus back to the car and on the road to London. We got about half way before the fuel light came on and not knowing the car we put £10 in to get us back. Hit London soon enough and e A501 we were following back to Euston came to a grinding halt with signs about an accident. Decided to head cross country into the back streets and the let the GPS work it out for a route to the car return. Got there eventually after some interesting back streets including going through Camden Town and past the markets.
Grabbed a Taxi for the trip to our hotel at Paddington. After a slow crawl through the London traffic checked in quickly and a shower later went down to check out the menu in house. Ended up have a few drinks and some good food over a couple of hours.
