The head of navigation of the River Thames, and about four
miles from Fairford. A really
cool place to grow up in, and learn how to drink beer. We had a motorcycle race circuit from Cox'
s Service Station where I used to work, down the High Street, around the bend by the church, right into Sherborne Street and back to Cox's. In the summer, we drank beer by the side of the River Thames. In the winter we drank beer or cider in the Swan Inn, and sometimes in the Red Lion. Incidently, the landlord of the Red Lion at the
time was one Douggie Wainright, who later in life got shot dead by
Michael Ryan in the Hungerford Massacre.