With the CF conference now over; some exploring is now in order. Best to "get smart" one might say; what better place than the city of Oxford. The famous town for smarts is very nice in that it was not heavily damaged during WWII. As such, many of the great architectural treasures remain. St Marys church, built about 1205, is the anchor of the town. For a small fee (nothing is free here) you may climb the tower. The "university" is not really such in that it is made up of a collection of individual "colleges" that for the whole of a system.

Lunch was, of course, meat pies with minty peas, mash and gravy. The perfect treat to introduce the Fall foods we are about to enjoy. Today, it's off to Wales for some countryside and castle snooping. Cheers!

Everybody needs a BARN!

Even in the old days they needed a good barn. Or two. One for Barley and one for Wheat.
It took a while, of course; they started to fell the timbers from the Kings Wood (forest) in 1205. Then had the required timbers and scantlings by 1230 or so.....then built the Barns. And here they remain.

Welcome Abroad

Welcome aboard flight #110 to London-Heathrow, this is the captain speaking, we will be departing shortly once we address a maintenance item. Tick-tock, tick-tock...."just one moment, folks as we try to get the video system working...." (Please, take your time!)