31 October

I had an hour to kill between lectures, so I took a little stroll around the streets behind Exam Schools.

Down Logic Lane,




along Magpie Lane,



and up Merton Street.





This is the back of University College (or maybe Oriel … I'm not totally sure which)



Edited to add: You may notice that everything looks like it's leaning a little in many of these pictures; that's partly an optical effect, but the streets and buildings do tend to be a bit slanty in the back lanes of Oxford.

29 October

Finally had a day where I wasn't running about in a panic, and fortunately it also happened to be a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Since I had a bit of spare time between a meeting for the paper and meeting friends for tea, I walked up through Jericho to take a walk around Port Meadow.

Walking through Jericho:





Port Meadow is a large, very flat field north of Oxford along the Thames. At the top of Port Meadow is The Trout pub and Godstow, where I'm doing water training with the firsts this term. You can't see them in these pictures, but horses and cows are allowed to roam free across the meadow.










And back into town along the Cornmarket, very busy since it was a Sunday afternoon.

15 October

From my window at night:




And into my room: