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Oxford University is the second-oldest university in continuous operation in the world. My accommodation in Oxford (2 nights) Rasa Sayang House - 141 Iffley Rd, Oxford OX4 1EJ,   The accommodation advertises itself as a 2 star hotel. I am spending two nights here, from Wednesday through to Friday. It is very simple but reasonably well positioned. The shower does have hot water but the pressure is very low so they have fitted a pressure booster. Very noisy device but does the job. Wednesday 20th The temperature today is somewhat lower than yesterday's 40 degrees but I trust not too low as I travelled to Oxford without anything warm - bad planning, as I left all appropriate tops in the London flat. Getting to Oxford was easy. Just buy a train ticket and let the driver do the rest. Getting to my boarding house was somewhat more difficult. I knew the bus number but street works, out of my sight, was stopping my bus from being able to turn into the side street where I was standing so a...