{"id":5433,"date":"2019-08-08T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:36:01","slug":"oxford-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=5433","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Break"},"content":{"rendered":"
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8th & 9th August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Callum safely on his way to Jersey with the Scouts, we headed to Oxford to make the most of the voucher for my “big birthday” last year. Oxford River Boat trip and meal at The Folly<\/a><\/strong>. Thank you Ray, Nic, Aly and kids!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decided to make a night of it and we managed to book a room at the newly-opened Courtyard by Marriott<\/a><\/strong> hotel. A bit of a panic beforehand as the hotel website said it wasn’t open yet … I did phone through to check!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We first dropped our bag off at the hotel – the room was ready so we didn’t have to worry about getting bags later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We knew where we wanted to go for lunch – The Turf Tavern is now a regular refreshment pit-stop when we are in Oxford, and we were hoping there would be a free table so we could have lunch. We were in luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s one of the oldest pubs in Oxford, made famous by Inspector Morse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A took the long walk back to the hotel so we could change for dinner. The hotel was close to Oxford Castle – some rooms would have a view over the castle (Clue: we didn’t !!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We arrived at The Folly a little early and were shown into the small bar to get a drink – gin and tonic went down a treat. Everyone was then encouraged to take a seat outside to wait the arrival of the boat. It was a lovely warm evening so people didn’t need to be asked twice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The river cruise took us along the Thames, passing numerous rowers and all the university boat houses. Some run down, some very new and shiny. It was a lovely way to spend an hour on a lovely evening (wouldn’t have been the same if was raining!).<\/p>\n\n\n

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