I have been to Oxford once before when I was much younger. It was raining hard and my lips went blue from my lack of foresight to have remembered a coat in Winter. It wasn't a particularly fun experience but from beneath the paper-thin cardigan wrapped around my head like a turban, I stole glances of beautiful architecture, nook-&-cranny side streets, scores of sit-up-and-beg vintage cycles and the most stylish students I had seen outside of London.
Like a little elderly couple, Edward & I like to visit villages and towns in the UK at least twice a year- we ticked off Stratford Upon Avon/Brighton last year.
With a little nagging from me, Ed booked us a couple of bargain £5 return rail-fares to Oxford for the bank holiday weekend in April and we're staying in a Pub B&B with pretty rooms and a magnificent roaring fire. It's perfectly placed next to the river and only about 5 minutes walk into the centre of the town so we may even hire bikes. I happen to have the balance of a drunken foal so if anyone thinks this is a terribly bad idea do let me know.
P.s Happy Wednesday everyone, the weekend is calling!
Like a little elderly couple, Edward & I like to visit villages and towns in the UK at least twice a year- we ticked off Stratford Upon Avon/Brighton last year.
With a little nagging from me, Ed booked us a couple of bargain £5 return rail-fares to Oxford for the bank holiday weekend in April and we're staying in a Pub B&B with pretty rooms and a magnificent roaring fire. It's perfectly placed next to the river and only about 5 minutes walk into the centre of the town so we may even hire bikes. I happen to have the balance of a drunken foal so if anyone thinks this is a terribly bad idea do let me know.
But this is where I need your help!
I would love your recommendations for things to do & see whilst we're there.
Shops to rummage in, cafes to crash in, any tourist oddities you love and restaurants and bars to get tipsy in.
I know not everyone will have been there, but even if it's a heard-it-through-the-grapevine-type tip off, I would love to hear it.
I know of at least two bloggers whom I love- Ingrid of And So Say I... and MJ from Dreaming Spires, are from Oxford so I can't wait to hear their suggestions.
I would love your recommendations for things to do & see whilst we're there.
Shops to rummage in, cafes to crash in, any tourist oddities you love and restaurants and bars to get tipsy in.
I know not everyone will have been there, but even if it's a heard-it-through-the-grapevine-type tip off, I would love to hear it.
I know of at least two bloggers whom I love- Ingrid of And So Say I... and MJ from Dreaming Spires, are from Oxford so I can't wait to hear their suggestions.
Also, just as a sidenote, I'm thinking of re-jigging my layout and graphics so if any of you lovely people have any ideas, I'd love to hear them too- particularly about header graphics. I love my text but would adore some illustration to accompany it.
P.s Happy Wednesday everyone, the weekend is calling!
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