A what horse?
“Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady upon a white horse
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes”
Ok, It’s not my work – don’t worry – it’s a nursery rhyme (do you remember it?). We headed to Banbury today to see the cross amongst other things. It’s quite neat, although it’s Victorian (me thinks that’s not that old these days). Anyway, Banbury is about 20 mins north of us on the train, so we took our bikes on the train and headed up there for the afternoon. One of the highlights wasn’t the cross though, it was that the Oxford canal runs right though Banbury so you can sit and watch the boats go through the locks! Banbury also played an important role in the Civil war, Charles I spent a bit of time fighting the parliamentarians here in 1644.
Anyway, this is Banbury Cross
More photos here
Enjoyed your pics of Banbury- never realised that Banbury existed. I think they need to do some maintenance on the lock gates though as they will lose all their water!