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If you are looking for upstream of Oxford, then Cricklade is about 55-60k. I haven’t done all of that route but I’ve definitely done everything from near Lechlade to Oxford in various bits over the years.
So far as I remember there aren’t any complicated bits. Barring a small stretch around bablock hythe, the path follows the river the whole way. I actually think I prefer it to the downstream sections... it’s just a small path winding through rural fields.
If you want stopping opportunities, then there is a pub at almost every point where a road bridges over the river, which isn’t often. There are definitely pubs at Radcot (~35k from Oxford, can’t remember the name, it was closed the only time I went there), Tadpole Bridge (~30k from Oxford, the trout, a nice gastropub last time I went. They were also very friendly about filling up my water bottles once when I was dying on a long run), new bridge (about 20-25k from Oxford, 2pubs, the maybush is a great cycle friendly pub owned by a good local cross rider and sponsors a local cycling team, the rose revived is a bit bigger and more chainey). The pub at bablock hythe is supposed to be rubbish (I’ve not been there). If you don’t fancy any of them then there are other options nearby but all would need you to leave the river.