At the end of last week, I stayed in Oxford to enjoy a short break in the city as I saw that the weather was expected to be nice. I decided to go on an afternoon tea cruise as I love afternoon tea, and I had a wonderful sunny and hot day for the afternoon tea. The afternoon tea cruise started at The Folly pub, which is a pub along the river. I got there early in order to have a couple of drinks in the nice weather.
The Folly is located at one of the bridges in Oxford, and different types of cruise tours depart here.
I had the spiced mango margarita, which was delicious. This is my go-to cocktail if it is on the menu. I actually ended up having two of these.
I also had a gin and tonic, as this cocktail is refreshing on a hot day. I waited to board my boat.
I wanted plain and vegetarian sandwiches, but unfortunately they made everything vegan. I prefer non-vegan sweets. I had avocado sandwiches and tomato sandwiches, and I received two scones and a shortbread jam biscuit, a type of bread, and an apricot crumble. I didn't like the sweets at all as they tasted dry and I wished they had followed what I had asked for. I am just really picky with sandwiches as I don't like mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, nor milk-based sauces and only eat chicken meat.
We disembarked the landing point, and we went up the river. We were told interesting facts along the way.
At first, we were on our way to a secluded natural area where we were told about the birds and wildlife, and it was a quiet area.
Before that, we passed a lot of canal boats and the boat houses that are used by the university students for their rowing.
After that, we got to the secluded natural bit of the river. We saw other people out making the most of the nice weather in smaller boats.
We also passed by some street art of a dragon.
We were told about some of the boats on the river, and how some of them were abandoned but anyone could attempt to salvage it and make it water-tight again, and they would own it. We then changed direction to another route to Iffley Lock.
At Iffley Lock, we saw some stone steps with a bull's head. This is the official starting point for the punting races.
At Iffley Lock, we had a look at the lock.
Some of us went into Isis Farmhouse pub. The pub is run on generators and does not have electricity as it is on its own little island between the river. Items have to be brought up to the pub via canal boat.
The decor was very vintage.
I ordered some cocktails and then went back onto the boat.
We then started our journey back to Oxford. We were told more information about the city and the buildings.
There's another pub opposite The Folly pub, and I snapped some photographs from the bridge on my way out.
I enjoyed the afternoon tea cruise of Oxford and couldn't have asked for better weather.
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