highlyeccentric | Photos from the UK: The Scones Tour of the West Country, Part 1

First, a photo taken of me on a friend's camera, while exploring the gardens of Worcester College during my first week in the UK:

And now, the Scones Tour of the West Country! Starting in Oxford, where my friend KN and Jon and I all assembled after Leeds. We ate scones. We walked up the river to see across to where Geoffrey of Monmouth once lived. And then we went to Oxford Castle, where

This is KN's photo of Jon, who was not very happy about role-playing a rebellious bookseller. On the bright side, I got to pelt him with imaginary cowpats.

View from the top of the tower:

Eleventh-century capital in the basement:

A well at the end of a deep staircase in the middle of the motte:

I disapprove of Oxford Castle Unlocked. They make erroneous assertions about the average height of Saxons. They're all flashy and touristy and you can't wander around on your own and, hmmph.

Next we went to Bath. We got there late in the afternoon and most things were closed by the time we had eaten our daily allotment of scones.