Warwick

On Wednesday I visited the market town of Warwick. It's only a short train ride from Birmingham Moor Street Station and the town is very walkable. I spent some time at the book shop, the library, the Golden Monkey tea shop, and several charity shops. I also walked in Priory Park and St Nicholas Park along the River Avon where I had a view of Warwick Castle. 

Mill Street

Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle

A fine view

The River Avon from St Nicholas Park

West Gate

The Lord Leycester Buildings

Warwick Books

A building in the town centre

A most English-looking Mexican restaurant

Golden Monkey tea shop

Free snacks in Priory Park

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An Oxford 4th of July

Hello friends, I spent the 4th of July weekend in Oxford for Alice Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the boat trip Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) took with the Liddell family in which he first told a version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Although only officially observed since 2007, it's now an established tradition in Oxford. I went to an author event at the Story Museum and a guided walk around Christ Church Meadows. There was also time to visit the Oxfam Superstore in Cowley and Blackwell's across from the Old Bodleian Library. An exhibit on at the Weston Library right now features original sketches by Jackie Morris and poems by Robert Macfarlane from their latest Book of Birds. And I got to see Goblin Band in concert again, this time with Angeline Morrison!

Painted roses at Oxford Botanical Garden

A part of Oxford's medieval wall

Bridge of Sighs

River Thames

Christ Church Meadow

The Story Museum

Alice with a Why by Anna James

Goblin Band's latest single, Clyde Water/Go From My Window

Angeline Morrison performed songs from
  The Sorrow Songs and Ophelia

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