Sunday 21st July- the hotel is conveniently near the colleges- so we walked down to where most of them are- apparently 38 in number!! Did not get to all - and we couldn’t go in to the grounds of any - just peered through the doorways. Broad St was great as in close proximity was : Sheldonian Theatre, Bodleian library, Trinity college, past Queens, Magdalan college - all so beautiful - Radcliffe Camera - and cute pubs and shops. We went to the Covered Markets(1774) along High St( stopped off for a “Cream Tea” - down to the river where there were so many punters, over to Christ Church college, Cathedral and meadow garden. Think about 7 kms-

After a rest up - headed to a nearby boathouse to watch more river punting.Watching the groups getting in and out of the punts was funny enough - but so many of them just could not steer- in to the bank - out- then back in - so funny. Then we found out there was to be Opera on the River - the punts are hired, picnic baskets bought/packed - and they float off down stream following the opera singers who are also in a punt. Once every 2 years apparently - was quite a spectacle