I work in a not terribly salubrious part of London (in fact it is the second most socio-economically deprived area in the whole of England). Very occasionally however, my job affords me the opportunity to visit much more picturesque parts of the country.
Last Wednesday I drove up to Oxford for a meeting at the University. With the sun threatening to break through I took a more meandering route through the town on my way back from the meeting in Jericho to the car to enjoy the very beautiful and quintessential architecture.
It was a lovely escape from the grittiness of London's East End...
And in other news...
- the flat buying saga continues - I'm still in limbo, now waiting until the building survey can be completed, which isn't for another few weeks. Complicating this fact is that I will be out of the country for a month when this is happening, so proceeding thereafter to a point where we can exchange contracts is going to be further delayed...
- in ten day's time I'm leaving the UK for a month to undertake another travel fellowship - this time to Australia and the US. With the saga around the flat purchase, trying to start to pack, and work itself being busy, I'm feeling very unprepared for my departure...
- one of the new dresses from the capsule wardrobe had its successful debut at work this week...in fact I was delighted to have my last post commented on by Jennifer Scott (author of The Daily Connoisseur and Lessons from Madame Chic) - to begin with I was flummoxed as to why the traffic to my blog had increased ten-fold...but it all made sense when I saw Jennifer's link..
- and finally, I have this to look forward to this evening:
Yes, season four of Downton Abbey is indeed returning to UK screens tonight...no longer an Edwardian drama, we're embarking on the jazz age...
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