The River Thames, just by Sandford Lock and downstream of Oxford. It's early on a a summer morning, so early that the ducks are still waking up, ignor

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The River Thames, just by Sandford Lock and downstream of Oxford. It's early on a a summer morning, so early that the ducks are still waking up, ignoring the houseboat approaching the lock gates.

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