Advantages: A wonderfully special evening out. Disadvantages: none that I can think of.
...take his mistress on the Rosamund the Fair. Rosamund the Fair is a purpose built narrow boat restaurant which cruises the canal and river of Oxford transporting its privileged diners back through time to what is possibly Oxford's most romantic piece of history. Rosamund, the daughter of a welsh Knight, was the much loved mistress of King Henry II. During this medieval period the English kings made nearby Woodstock their favourite hunting lodge and ... ...Many legends and myths surround Rosamund but the most romantic and tragic comes from the fifteenth century. This story says that Henry kept Rosamund in a secret tower, enclosed by a rose bower which in turn was surrounded by a labyrinth. The way through the labyrinth could only be found by following a silver thread. When Henry went to war in 1175 Rosamund pleaded to go with him but he preferred to leave her in the safety of this secret place. However, ...
Freespirit 09.01.2003
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