Oxford

Our last stop is Oxford, which turns out to be very busy at this time of year - just before the new university year starts.  The weather is still fairly hot, but slightly cooler, so quite nice.  There were crowds of people in the streets, including a large number of organised groups of young people, local and foreign.

The oldest church tower in Britain (c 1040)

English language school group

Lots of photos being taken in front of monuments and edifices

More bikes than in most places we've been

We liked the Ashmolean Museum, which is fairly famous and was started based on the collections of a Mr Elias Ashmole, who donated them in 1677.

The Ashmolean Museum

Egyptian alligator-headed god

Sheepish sphinx

A one cent note

A hundred-billion German mark note (1923)

Oxford was a nice town to wander about in, especially in this nice weather.

We bought our lunch at Jimbob's

The clock on the Carfax Tower in the centre of Oxford.

Replica of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice

The covered market

Very fancy cakes!