Sunday, October 01, 2017

Oxford 2017


As a Birthday Break we headed to Oxford and took in all the sights during our 4 night stay. On the way down we paused at Kelmscott Manor before arriving at the AirBnB on Osney Island, Oxford. On Sunday we had an 'extended' Extended Tour of thee Bodleian Library and Reading Rooms which also included Duke Hunfrey's Medieval library, Divinity Hall, Convocation House and Radcliffe Camera. Over the next three days we also managed to visit the Ashmolean Museum, Pitt Rivers Museum, the Museum of Natural History, Carfax Tower, the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Blackwells Bookshop, the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford Castle, the Covered Market and the Botanical Gardens with lots of nice dining in the evenings. On our way home we stayed over for one night in the Priest House at Coln Rogers and took a leisurely drive up through the Cotswolds, with visits to Chastleton House and the Rollright Stones along the way.

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Bristol


We stopped at Croome Park (NT) on way down to Bristol for a long bank holiday weekend. Whilst there we walked the city and saw plenty of street art, enjoyed the market, an exhibition on bones/skeletons, the SS Great Britain, Cabot Tower, Everyman Cinema, Clifton Observatory & Bridge and finished up with a trip to Tyntesfield (NT)

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Astley Castle Open Day


The ancient moated site of Astley Castle holds unequivocally modern living accommodation clasped within the shell of the Castle. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the huge living room and kitchen look out over Astley’s former collegiate church and into beautiful internal courts formed by ruined spaces.  Landmark Trust

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Riverside - Towards the Blue Horizon

Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms

Coda
Second Life Syndrome
Conceiving You
Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire
The Depth of Self-Delusion
Lost (Why Should I Be Frightened By a Hat?) (acoustic version)
02 Panic Room
Saturate Me
Escalator Shrine
Before

Encore:
Towards the Blue Horizon
Coda