The summer of 2025 has been long and dry with little rain during the past few months. Temperatures have been above average and according to the Met Office we have had a few “heatwaves” when the temperatures are above 25°C for at least 3 consecutive days. So far we have had four….

There are several bike routes I can ride on from the house but recently I have put the bike rack on the car and driven somewhere else to have a ride. For a while I wanted to ride around Oxford and I managed to do this on 19 August. My plan was to park in Woodstock, however, the car park was full so I drove on to Oxford Parkway Park and Ride and started from there. The map above shows my route which was 25 miles and took 2.5 hours of not travelling very fast and taking in some sights with a few photo stops as well as a lunch stop in Jericho.