Tuesday the 12th of June brought sun, cycling and beer to the land of OPIG. It was once again time for the annual Tour de Farce.

Le tour, now in its highly refined 6.0 version, covered a route which took us from the statistics department at Oxford (home to many OPIGlets) to our first port of call, The Head of the River pub. We then followed the river Isis (or Thames if you prefer) from the head of the river towards Osney mead.

Passing though Osney we soon arrived at our second waypoint. The Punter. One of the OPIGlets lived locally and so we were met by their trusty companion, who was better behaved than many of the others on Le Tour.

Departing the punter on two wheels (or in one case, on one) we followed the river upstream to The Perch.

Our arrival at The Perch was slightly hampered by a certain OPIGlet taking out anything in her path in her excitement.  Mr Sulu.. Ramming speed.

Those that survived soon left the perch, as we were once again headed upstream, this time to The Trout.

Having braved about half the journey it was now time for another restorative beverage and to take on supplies.  Sustenance was provided by Jacob’s Inn.   Jacob’s Inn has the advantage of goats, chickens and pigs in the back garden.  Having spent most of the afternoon in each other’s company, the company of pigs was preferable for some.

As we finished dinner, the sun was beginning to set and so we abandoned the original plan of finishing off at The Fishes.  Instead we returned southwards where we closed off the evening with a drink at The Royal Oak, mere yards from where we started the day.

The route of the 2018 v6.0 Tour de Farce.