Oxford 2

Just hanging around a bit at Anne's until it's time to start cooking the lamb. No one here has ever cooked one before so it is an experiment of sorts.

We have been having a good visit here in Oxford. It has been quiet as we have not felt compelled to see a lot. It is nice that it is a long weekend for Anne and Del. Anne took Thursday off too and we went to town to see the new library that just opened there which is where we saw all kinds of interesting items from the Bodlean Library on display, like the Magna Carta. And a tapestry from the 1500s that is a map.

Geoff and I went to the Good Friday service at the church close by, St. Mary and St. John, where Anne used to volunteer in the garden. It was a three-hour service and we weren't planning to stay for the whole time, but it was so good that we did.

Yesterday we took a drive to see Bletchley Park. That was a great call for an outing. It was so interesting and so well done. Amazing to stand in Alan Turing's actual office. Geoff and I spent too much time in the cinema, though, watching old newsreels from the war. Mom, I wonder if you saw any of them? We all enjoyed our day, Geoff especially in his seat in the front passenger seat. Out for supper last night in Jericho, not far from where we stayed last year, Jude.

Anne, Geoff and I went to church this morning, a really good and joyful service with a christening. We looked around the churchyard for a bit after, then came back for Easter chocolate.

Off to London tomorrow.

Top photo is a recreation of the Bombe machine that Turing and colleagues developed. Bottom is in front of the manor house at Bletchley Park.