January 3, 2005 – 9:28 pm
A sunny day in Shakespeare Land
Coming to the end of the short Christmas / New Year holiday break, so we thought we’d do a bit of a daytrip. A quick train journey to Stratford-upon-Avon, and a lovely day of walking around, visiting theatres and churches, boating up the river, browsing antiquarian bookstores and specialist punk record shops ensued.
A quick photoblog post should suffice here…
Where the walking around took place
We waited around here for a bit – just ’cause we could
More walking here…
The chapel, seen from the river
Stratford-upon-Avon’s best view
Winner of the prestigious ‘Best Loo’ award 2004
Chips so good you have to queue
A really good day – and a cheap outing: £8 return for the three of us on a family railcard. Think we might wander round Coventry next weekend – depending on how I feel after a week of marking.
Jake’s more eloquent assessment of the day can be found at his blog, which he seems to be enjoying the idea of more and more. I think weekly posts might become rather more frequent…
In other news, I’ve put up a placeholder website for the forthcoming podcast of Clayborne, in anticipation of finding a metric truckload of bandwidth and server space. You’ll find that here: [link to Clayborne].
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Today’s album:
03. Erykah Badu – Mama’s Gun Motown (2000)