Monday, September 22, 2025

Lunch in Oxford

 September 20, 2025

My wife's favorite band had two performances in the UK this weekend, and I had Monday off. The map showed Oxford not far off the highway about halfway from Heathrow and Birmingham. My wife had not visited since she was in college. We got off and had a nice stroll through the University town and enjoyed tea and scones with a good view of the Radcliffe Camera. A wedding party gathered nearby as we snacked. Trinity College was open for visitors, so we popped in; it was hard not to overhear the myriad  tour guides explaining the history.

We tried to remember which episodes of the Morse Mysteries were filmed in particular locations as we ambled through the compact city. For lunch, we drove through the narrow lanes to Wolvercote (1) and had a nice lunch at the ancient pub there before heading on to Birmingham and the concert.

(1) Where the final scene of Morse's Wolvercote Tongue episode was filmed.

The Bridge of Sighs, Oxford
Radcliffe Camera
Trinity College
Trinity College Chapel, Oxford
The Trout Inn, Wolvercote

The canal at Birmingham 
One Republic opening 


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