DaJeff cruises on Bella and we all get closer to Oxford

Tuesday, we met Jeffrey, home for a few weeks for Christmas. Stupendous timing at the airport; we only just turned up at the arrivals gate as he only just came out! On the Wednesday, we all three set out from Cropredy and made our way to Banbury, Jeffrey helping with locks and taking the tiller a few times. It was a stunning bright winter day, perfect to see the countryside. We dropped him off for Banbury station to get to Oxford and we carried on to Aynho. We were delighted to be able to get that far. Flooding from the previous week's rain had only just diminished enough for us to make it under the bridges. Whew! We stopped at the most wonderful pub and .... froze (!) We got back on Bella to get warm.