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| The Bridge of Sighs, Oxford |
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| Also in Oxford |
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| The Bridge of Sighs, closer up |
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| Inside the natural history museum in Oxford |
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| Some of the vast collection of dead animals in the natural history museum |
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| An old castle somewhere between Oxfordshire and Devonshire |
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| Glastonbury (I think) high street |
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| An even higher street, in Ilfracoombe |
I just love old buildings, though I might not want to be a homeowner of one.
And a word about the natural history museums we visited - they are terribly sad places groaning with death and human arrogance.
7 comments:
I'm with you I can't help but think about all the unresolvble plumbing issues that you'd have in old buildings like those! Extraordinary that they've got all those skeletons just chocked in there!
Even worse is glass cage upon glass cage of stuffed animals - even domestic dogs!
These are great. I have put one on Pinterest (my new thing) http://pinterest.com/pin/182606959861331775/
Also, very nice turn of phrase of this "And a word about the natural history museums we visited - they are terribly sad places groaning with death and human arrogance."
Amanda: ooh thanks - I've not gotten into Pinterest but my sis-in-law loves it. That sentence you pointed out was probably a bit on the over-wrought, trying-to-be-literary side - but it was my best going at conveying my feeling about those places.
Amanda: I like your collection of places you want to go to, by the way - I've been to some of those places e.g. Uluru, the Haworth house (well the shop, anyway) but the rest are still unticked on my list.
Can't believe you didn't pop in and see us - you must have passed right by!
I didn't get time to ANY of my friends!
Whereabouts are you?
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