Punting in Oxford

A week after I returned back to London, we had the first May bank holiday weekend. On the Sunday of this lovely long weekend, I went to Oxford for the day with some work colleagues.
We met at Victoria station early in the morning and caught one of the many busses which motor up to the historic university town everyday.
It was a chilly day, so on arriving the first thing everyone wanted to do was find a coffee shop, drink tea and coffee and have a lovely fry-up breakfast, which is exactly what we did.
After watering and feeding ourselves, it was off to catch the hop-on-hop-off bus around Oxford.
I enjoyed the view of Oxford from the top of a bus, but I think the walking tour I did there with Landy a couple of years ago was far superior as were privy to far more information about this interesting university, and we got to go into some of the college campuses and see their halls and gardens.
Our next aim was to try ‘punting’ on the river. This is where you stand at the back of a slim wooden boat and use a long heavy pole to push the boat along.
It’s certainly a very good workout for your arm muscles, I managed to wobble the boat along and didn’t fall in, so all in all I think it was a successful attempt ;-)
After our river experience, we were all cold again, so decided to find an indoor activity for a while.
We went to a famous bookshop in Oxford which has an underground floor and boasts having 3 miles of bookshelves down there.
It certainly has a book on pretty much any topic you can think of for sale. Wonderful stuff for a book lover like me.
After a cream tea (scones, cream, jam and tea) we snoozed all the way home on the bus.

Picture 1: Christchurch chapel from the river
Picture 2: Me, punting on the river
Picture 3: Side road in Oxford