We began Friday with breakfast ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030890 as the menu shows ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030891 and started with our drinks ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030892 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030893 which seemed to wake up Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030894 as I took this selfie by using the mirror ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030895 and then our meals arrived ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030896 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030897 and so we could be off to Hertz to rent a car larger than we had anticipated ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030898 for the drive to Oxford where we found parking ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030899 and then made our way to one of the colleges that would have us ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030900 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030901 before finding these signs for the collection at the public convenience that Suzanne needed. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030902 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030903 and then we made our way past Balliol College which wouldn't have us ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030904 and into one that would ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030905 where we saw academic departments ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030906 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030907 and continued to explore ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030908 and admire the green grass which we were forbidden to enter ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030909 though we could look at the gold leaves ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030910 before we entered the chapel ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030911 which had interesting stained glass ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030912 as well as remarkable grave stones ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030913 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030914 including these which I didn't understand ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030915 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030916 and these structures of key people in history (and, in some cases, in the history of the chapel). ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030917 Next, we went to the open market ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030918 where we saw Ben's cookies ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030919 and this amazing pig's head ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030920 before finding our way to the fruit stand ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030921 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030922 and then to a barber who had this sign. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030923 Back into the fresh air on Corn Exchange Street ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030924 I admired this tower ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030925 and this tombstone ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030926 before we headed to Cheltenham where this was the key ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030927 to our room. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030928 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030929 After settling in, we headed off to the local pub ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030930 and had our drinks which seemed to have an impact on Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030931 even before our sandwich arrived (quite a good chibatta -- cheddar and chutney) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030932 so that I could make a journey to the men's room and catch the urinal for my collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030933 before I recorded these collection signs. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030934 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030935 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030936 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030937 Next we went to Simpsons, the local fish and chips place that had won national recognition ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030938 best in England, second to one in Scotland ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030939 and studied the menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030940 while wondering if we had to drive the 477 miles to see what first looked like ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030941 as we pondered the menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030942 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030943 and admired the hats of the work force ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030944 before Suzanne's fish and chips ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030945 and my veggie burger ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030946 and the mushy peas arrived ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030947 followed by a symmetrically presented bill ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030948 even as I checked out the bathroom ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030949 and captured this sign for the collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030950 and then this document to show that they were well trained ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030951 before we recorded their prizes and ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030952 delivery bike and departed for a walk into the town of Cheltenham ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030953 stopping to record the lovely flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030954 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030955 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030956 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030957 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030958 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030959 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030960 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030961 and then after a blur ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030962 this interesting sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030963 as we made our way past a store with this sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030964 and along Jersey Avenue where the trains do not stop ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030965 to see more flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030966 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030967 and then the sleep clinic ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030968 and some shoes that might be the ones for Ben ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030969 before taking the obligatory phone booth(s) photo ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030970 and meeting these interesting people on the park bench ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030971 as they befriended Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030972 but my attempts to sort out directions became a blur. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030973 We stopped at the local fountain and recorded its story ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030974 and then its spouts ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030975 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030976 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030977 before heading to Montpellier Gardens ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030978 where we sat on this bench, though it was a bit wet ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030979 and saw this remarkable copper beech tree ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030980 which is unfortunately not doing well. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030981 I then met this gentleman who had been moved ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030982 as Suzanne sat on a far bench ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030983 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030984 and, on our way home, we passed the home of a great archer ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030985 a great musician ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030986 a license plate from Scotland ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030987 with a sign in an unknown language ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030988 and this sign for the dogs collection. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030989