Banbury; Saturday, 18 May, 2013

I had a late breakfast and then headed out into town to take in the key sights of Banbury. Unfortunately after the Cross, the market, the canal and the small museum there wasn’t too much more to see, which given I had another day and a half to fill was a little concerning.

Taking a risk I caught a bus out to the small Cotswolds village of Hook Norton to have a look around the Hooky brewery museum and see if I could get on a brewery tour.

Unfortunately the tours were all booked for the day so I could only have a look around the small museum and try a tasting of a few beers.

I caught the bus back into Banbury and then walked over to the station to catch the train into Oxford, just down the line, where there were more things to do.

From the station I jumped on one of the hop-on-hop-off open-top tour buses that run round the city centre to take in the main sights.

After doing a full circuit I got off in the centre of town and had a bit of a wander, taking in Balliol College.

Having spent quite a bit of time wandering around town I caught the last open-top bus of the day back round to the station and picked up the train back to Banbury, thankfully managing to catch the last train for some time as everything else was delayed or cancelled due to problems back up the line.

I had a bit more of a wander around Banbury before stopping for dinner and then back to the hotel for an early night.