Locks and rail path

A slight shower of rain soon passes as we take the canal towpath to Devizes, where we leave it as it is closed for refurbishment! Now we terrorise pedestrians on the pavement, as the town roads are too intimidating to cycle.
At Marlborough the path meanders through Marlborough college grounds. We take the rail trail North, crossing the M4. Through pretty villages to Oxford centre and my brother's house on the Thames.


A beautiful sunny evening so a walk around Christ Church meadows and Oriel colleges, and a quick look at the rowing teams practising on the Isis. It is the end of exams so the cobbles around the exam building are covered in celebratory confetti and streamers. A Red Kite is mobbed by crows in a cloudless sky.


Miles to date 169

Location:Trowbridge to Oxford