Fiddler's Island and the Thames

6 February.




The Thames divides at Medley Weir Bridge, with Castle Mill Stream meandering off to the left, rejoining the Thames after it has enclosed Osney Island.

(Map by Fred Thacker, 1920. See also Chapter II of his book The Stripling Thames (1909), covering Medley and Binsey
- Four Rivers, Medley Weir Site, Medley Footbridge, The Perch, Port Meadow.)

Fiddler's Island and the Thames

30 December. Along the Thames path between Port Meadow and Osney Bridge. At my right shoulder the sun declining at each pace I took, the sky deepening, the final red blush held awhile, then night fell.