On the move in England

Wow it's been a long time since my last blog. Lots to catch up on so it might be a short summary, but you'll get the gist and hopefully the pictures will speak for themselves.

I spent my birthday with Drew in York. Was a fun day walking around the city walls, eating a huge, but lovely lunch at a pub and generally trying to take in the history of the place. Sue and Drew had a cake for me at the end of the day as well which was so lovely of them.

My birthday lunch of steak & ale pie

Drew and I then caught a train down to Leamington Spa and Oxford to visit friends of his. Leamington Spa was lovely, although everything seemed to be closed on a Monday. Oxford was a lot of fun and we got to walk around the colleges as Drew's friend is an alumni. We got to see a exhibition with original drawings an writings from C.S. Lewis (the Narnia books) and J.R.R. Tolkein (Lord of the Rings books).

You might recognise this dining room from the Harry Potter films

This is the lamp post that allegedly inspired C.S. Lewis for his book The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

The famous painting 'Light of the World' on display in one of the chapels

We then headed down to London and did a bit of exploring there. Caught the ferry along the Thames, climbed the Monument, went down into the Clink Prison Museum and a few other things.

And then Drew and I caught the train to Heathrow where we parted ways, Drew to fly home to Perth and I went off to Israel & Palestine.