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Pitt Rivers Museum – The Art of Benin

Pitt Rivers Museum – The Art of Benin

For our final day in Oxford we planned to visit the Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean museums. The Pitt Rivers Museum holds some items of Benin artworks. Since I have been studying these recently as part of my Open University course it seemed appropriate to pop over for a viewing of them. Setting off from Oxford Peartree Travelodge, it was another cold morning. The Pitt Rivers Museum adjoins the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and you have to follow what seems like a mini…

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Chastleton House – Afternoon Tea and a Country House

Chastleton House – Afternoon Tea and a Country House

Our next excursion was to Oxford for a few days. Our plans had been to stop off on the way down for a cycle ride. Unfortunately the weather had different plans – snow in the air and a biting wind,  so we had a change of plan.  On our way down to Oxford, we stopped off at a place called Moreton-in-Marsh for a look around. It seemed quite a quaint little place, although it did seem to have an abundance…

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E2E – The best and worst bits?

E2E – The best and worst bits?

Having got back to work and back into ‘real’ life again, I found that most people have asked me the same question: “What were the best bits and what were the worst bits?”. Having been away for just over three weeks, there were so many ‘bits’ to consider that I actually found it quite hard to answer! The Worst Bits The worst bits were running out of energy (which cyclists called The Bonk!) and feeling terrible! For those of you…

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E2E Catering Arrangements

E2E Catering Arrangements

The E2E ride (End to End from Lands End to John o’Groats) has been meticulously planned over the last two years. With there being eight of us doing the whole ride, 1 extra going from Lands End to Cheddar and then an extra 5 from the Isle of Arran to Inverness, there are going to be quite a few folks that will need to be kept well fed. I (Sarah) have been in charge of planning the catering to ensure…

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It’s getting close now!

It’s getting close now!

Tonight we visited Bruce and dropped off some bags with things that his wife Elaine will bring to Widnes for us. They contained some replacement toiletries, extra snack bars (gluten free ones) in case I can”t get any along the way as well as some different clothes and shoes to wear at the meal in Widnes. Elaine is a real star! Another star is Sue (Andy Sykes’s partner) who has very kindly offered to drive us to the airport on Tuesday morning!