Some photos from Oxford

Well, I tried to get in touch with Conrad Barwa before reaching Oxford, but he seems to be in ghaybat al-kubra at the moment. He might know what I look like, but if he saw me strolling through his hometown, he didn't speak up.

Here is a photo of Christchurch College, Oxford.

This is the Isis (Thames) River as it passes by the Commons.

Here is a shot of the Christchurch dorms. The sunlight behind them was very bright, so I digitally altered the photos to make the details of the building visible.

This is a tower belonging to the Christchurch Chapel. As it happens, this chapel is also the Oxford Diocese Cathedral.

Carolyn Chamblin (Andrew's mother) and Brant (Laura's brother) looking at gravestones in the Christchurch Chapel yard.

After the service we had high tea in the dining hall, which Laura and I thought looked very familiar. We were told that this had been shot as the Great Hall in Hogwarts, although I've heard that a set was built instead with design elements from the hall. I should warn readers that we did not take the photo above; the ones we took of the hall are not very clear, because it was so dark in there. Here is a photo of the splendid staircase leading to the Hall.