Daily Archives: July 11, 2012

Oxford in an hour

We have been in Oxford for ten days and I have been a tour guide for three visitors in this time. Last week our niece Chloe and her young man came to Oxford. I saw on facebook that she was … Continue reading

Posted in Travelling | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Alice’s day

On 4 July 1862 Charles Dodson, an Oxford don, took Alice Liddell and her two sisters on a boating picnic up the River Thames from Folly Bridge in Oxford. To amuse the children he told them a story about a … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Travelling | Tagged , | 10 Comments