After breakfast, where the correct amount of toast for three people was served, we set off for the Bodleian Library. On our way there we stopped off at the “Oxford University Press” bookshop. I am a fan of their “Very Short Introductions – To Almost Everything” and I was in my element seeing the full [...]
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Oxford – Day Three
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 19th 2014
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Oxford – Day Two
Breakfast was cooked to order and very tasty, although it was a little odd that we had two rounds of toast for three people. When we had finished the two pieces we asked for a bit more. After breakfast we set off towards Christ Church College and walked through the memorial garden and water meadows [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2014
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Oxford – Day One
We packed the car and then went to collect my mum before setting off on our journey to Oxford (one year later than planned). The journey was slower than expected due to other drivers tootling along. Along the way we stopped off at Chipping Campden, where we had lunch in a lovely tea room. I [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2014
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Poppies in the Moat
The Tower of London art installation entitled ‘Blood Swept Land and Seas of Red‘ is now complete. The last poppy was planted in the moat at 10.50 today during the final ceremony (among the poppies) commemorating the centenary of World War One. The art installation marked one hundred years since the first day of Britain’s [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2014
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London 2014
I have returned safely from The Tower! This years London trip ran a lot more smoothly that last years trip to London. On arrival we headed straight to the Tower of London. On the advice of the Tower of London website we avoiding using Tower Hill tube station, this meant we had a 10 minute [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2014
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A Room with a View
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2014
