Oxford, UK II

Location Description

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In the Rose Garden opposite my house. Magdalen is in the...
More of the Rose Garden
Closer view
Looking towards the Magdalen Porter's Lodge
Looking back towards my building
The roses are fading, but it still beats the Neckface...
The Daubeny Building, which Magdalen owns. The Botanic...
Inside the Botanic Garden
I have no clue what variety of tree this is; whatever it...
It's still quite lush in early October
This tree looked like one you'd find in Arizona or New...
The greenhouse next to the River Cherwell
An archway in the Botanic Garden
Magdalen Tower behind the greenhouse
More of the greenhouse and garden
Colorful foreign flora
Forunately, I had my camera on hand during the five...
Now this is how I imagined England; too bad it takes a...
Another view over the Rose Garden
Christopher Wren's Radcliffe Camera and All Soul's...
The old city wall (10th century) inside New College...
Another view of the wall. It's one of the most striking...
View of the old city wall from the Garden Quad. New ...
On the other side of the wall is a garish building from...
Looking towards "the mound" from the old city wall
As you can see, they have a very capable gardening...
You wouldn't know it was October...
Across the lawn towards the Victorian Garden Quad
Same view, a little further on. That is indeed ivy on...
Across the lawn towards the Chapel
More of the Garden Quad
One last view of the old city wall
The stairs up to the mound, built atop victims of the...
Looking back from the staircase towards the Garden Quad....
Garden Quad and old city wall; New Buildings in background
OK I lied. But this *really* is the last photo of the wall
Glad I don't have to prune this.
A view down an alleyway inside the Old Quad
Another view of the same alleyway, looking up to the...
Towards the Old Quad (14th Century)
Another view of the Old Quad. The Chapel is on the right.
Like most of the medieval Oxford colleges, New College...
View into the cloister courtyard
More of the cloisters, maybe the best place in all of Oxford
This tree was used in one of the Harry Potter movies
The cloister tower
The courtyard is a popular spot for picnics and drinks...
One of the statues of 14th-century bishops that line the...
A lot of interesting geometries in this place
Not sure what the fold-up tables are for
As elsewhere in New College, shrubs are very well attended to
Another view of the Old Quad
The windows often capture the sky
The sun reemerged to momentarily. Note the shadow cast...
The sky often has a churning light-dappled quality.
You do see some blue sometimes, however.
The river Cherwell runs adjacent to Christ Church Meadow
More of the River Cherwell. Many of the most famous and...
At the risk of sounding like a character from American...
Rowboaters
Christ Church Meadow, an archetypal English water meadow
From left to right in the far distance: Christ Church...
A closer view of Christ College and Magdalen Tower...
Novice rowers in the river Isis enduring a bracing...
More rowers.
A view of Christ Church College on the walk back
A leafy canopy over the path
A few punters
View across a rugby field to Christ Church College
Another view across the rugby field. Merton College is...
Whatever they're doing, it's not rugby.
Magdalen Tower, the Daubeny Building and a dog on a mission.