Monday, July 16, 2007

Exploring Oxfordshire

A view at the Botanical Gardens, though my camera ran out of batteries just afterwards and I was so upset that I couldn't get a good shot of the Cherwell river, with all the punting boats. Maybe tomorrow, when we turn in our papers, and punt with strawberries straight afterwards.
This one is for Laura: it's a stuffed otter in the Oxford Museum of Natural Sciences.

The Radcliffe Camera, from the view of the top of the University Church.


This one is for Kristin: care of our dear friend Bridget Jones.



The High Street (main street) in Oxford, just after nine in the morning. Not crowded; pleasant.




At the cafe, Justine and I had "Cream Tea" which means tea with scones, jam and Cornish clotted cream.





Ha ha ha. Those hogs were huge.






My favourite friends: SHEEP!







The manor and the gardens. In true English fashion.








A Norman church at the Victorian manor farm of Cogges, near Witney (11 miles out of Oxford). We visited last Saturday afternoon.








3 comments:

Brian T. Hartley said...

I envy you the scones and clotted cream--my mouth is watering! Make sure to buy only Hartley's Jams and Jellies: they're nothing but the best. . .

laura said...

I feel unpositively about the fact that the otter is stuffed. It is not nearly so cute that way.

Pertrosfoliea said...

Oh, I have pictures of me petting that otter:) I miss Oxford