a day in oxford

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:54 pm **(#1)**

as some of you know, i have been over in england to see erisian recently. one day he took me on a tour to oxford and we spent a lovely, sunny day there, exploring things with our cameras ready to pick up anything we liked the look of - and i liked the look of nearly everything i saw

. lucky for me that erisian is much the same, and he doesn't mind stopping every second step or so because there is a nice gargoyle or a beautiful window to be clicked... anyway, i thought i'd share my day in oxford with you people, so here you go!

in balliol college chapel
we visited balliol college on my request. my favourite literary detective, dorothy sayers lord peter wimsey, was at balliol, so of course i had to see it. one of my favourite sights there was the beautiful little chapel.

some things you stumble on in oxford

you wouldn't expect that, would you? exotic flowers climbing right up the old college walls. but they were there, and they were in full bloom.

iron work - one of my favourite things

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tudor style houses, in good shape.

three men in black. they walked straight into the picture without asking permission.

must be the most photographed thing in oxford: the radcliffe camera.

roofs with spires...

architectural details to delight the eye...

and one doorway more beautiful than the other

and more unexpected plants - this one had a dead branch that looked exactly like it was made out of metal. can anyone tell me what the plant is? i've never seen one like it.

those oxford windows

beautiful windows are a bit of an obsession with me. i have about a hundred pictures of windows from my day in oxford...

those oxford faces

there's faces looking at you everywhere you go in oxford! gargoyles or angels, they're all watching you.

in university church of st mary the virgin

it was actually daylight when we were in there, but i toyed with the camera settings a bit so i could take nice pictures of the beautiful windows...

(technically that last picture isn't taken in the church - it's the pattern you find above your head as you walk out the arched side exit)

hope you enjoyed the oxford visit!

Erisian · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:02 pm **(#2)**

And we had a really lovely day out. Here are some of my photos.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing. It's like I was there with you guys

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:25 pm **(#4)**

k1tesseraena: thank you, brother

! glad you liked the pictures. there was so much to see and to take pictures of it's a miracle we got back home before midnight.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:41 pm **(#5)**

Those are all such beautiful pictures. I should of taken more pics when we were in Nottingham and Dublin last March, *facepalm*

Erisian · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:43 pm **(#6)**

Thank you. AnMal was a real inspiration when it came to photo taking.

fluffybunny · **Posted:** Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:52 pm **(#7)**

K1TesseraEna wrote:

Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing. It's like I was there with you guys

Agreed!

AnMal · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:37 am **(#8)**

2-ton: thanks! don't worry, you won't forget to share your next adventure with us gimp chatters!

fluffybunny: thank you

! since we enjoyed our day out so much it's nice to be able to share it with you.

Akros · **Joined:** Jan 10, 2013 **Posts:** 863

fluffybunny wrote:

K1TesseraEna wrote:

Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing. It's like I was there with you guys

Agreed!

I agree too!

I like gargoyles, nice pics! :tyspin

AnMal · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:56 am **(#10)**

akros: hey thanks

. who doesn't love gargoyles?! i came back from oxford with hundreds of pictures of them too and it was really hard to pick out which ones to post.

Erisian · **Posted:** Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:08 am **(#11)**

Thank you everybody. There's nothing like a day away from home to refresh the spirit.