Oxford Flickr Meet:
The Saïd Business School was glowing in green and yellow that night, as we set up our tripods and took photos. I looked around for other things to photograph and photographed the ox, but not much else. I wandered past the station and was told that I was a security risk, that it was private property, that I did not have permission and should not be taking photos there.

London Flickr meetup group trip to Deal:
The brown sea was fairly rough in Deal, the waves splashing pleasingly on the pebbles. I wandered up and down lanes that led to the sea, being surprised by the different door knockers, shaped like starfish and squirrels. There were houses that were pink, green and blue, pretty pastel shades. On Griffin Street, a stone griffin looked down at me from the top of a wall. One lane was Oddfellows Lane and another Cockle Swamp Alley. Signs told of smuggling, crime and general disrepute, but Deal seemed quite pleasant.

I peered into the moat surrounding Deal Castle. I photographed a jellyfish with eyelashes at Walmer. I walked up the pier, past the fishermen and it was not a very ornate pier, concrete and ugly, but Wikipedia says it is the "last remaining fully-intact leisure pier in Kent."

There were white beach huts with lots of fishing gear and a sign that said, "Wanted: Good Woman. Must be able to clean, cook, sew, dig worms and clean fish. Must have boat and motor. Please sent picture of boat and motor."

Briefly wandered around Dover after Deal. Such crumbling buildings near to the docks, and heading towards the town centre, a brutalist abandoned car-park, concrete with splashes of pink, houses on hills almost like in Wales, historic walls hidden amongst tall tower blocks, which seem to loom over the town far more than the castle does. I'd like to explore more.
Tuesday, Nava and I walked to Port Meadow and walked through the mud, photographing horses, cows, Canadian geese, fallen trees, and a ruined abbey.

Wednesday, I went to the pre-launch of the Oxford Girl Geek Dinners and drank an elderflower and mint cocktail at Café Coco and met girl geeks (and boy geeks), and then went to the Jam Factory with some boy geeks.

On Saturday, I walked to the town centre, through Cuckoo Lane, and past where Joe Pullens' tree once stood, and then down through Headington Hill Park, and past the water pistol stencil art in St Clements, and onwards, over Magdalen Bridge, and down Deadman's Walk, where bodies were once carried to the Jewish cemetery, and I saw the plaque there for the first English aeronaut, James Sadler. I looked briefly inside the very crowded Alice's Shop, and then found myself at Turn Again Lane, and then Penny Farthing Place. I ate some sushi, and then visited the O3 art gallery after that and saw paintings of people based on photographs, but made somehow more pink. (Summer Show by Rona.)

On Sunday, I began to explore the University Parks and saw the Tree of Heaven and the Genetic Garden. I also read some of Mountain Man Dance Moves: the McSweeney's Book of Lists in Waterstones, which always amuses me, especially the lists related to unicorns.

I drank coffee with five other women wearing glasses, at a meet up for [livejournal.com profile] theladiesloos meet. When the meeting dispersed, I briefly visited the Ashmolean Museum and couldn't find Guy Fawkes' lantern, but I did find an octopus netsuke.

(This was a few weeks ago now, but I am trying to post more, so have posted it anyway.)

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