Here are the promised pics of Durham. We had a nice snow back in January, and I'm just now getting around to posting.
Here's where we attend church, St Oswald's.
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Here's the Market Square. Here you can see St Nic's and the old mayor's hall.
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Looking South towards the Cathedral, with the Market at my back.
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Looking towards the Market from the West.
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Elvet bridge, on the East side of town.
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East end of the Cathedral.
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Castle gate. The castle is essentially a giant dorm for lucky undergrads.
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Here's where I study, in the little white cottage with the green shutters. The large building on the right is a private house. The cathedral is just to the left, casting its shadow on the other buildings. the building on the far left is the Theology Dept.
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Here's the old castle keep. The gate you saw above is just to the left. Going past the building to the right leads down to the Market.
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Here's the Theology Dept, in the shadow of the cathedral.
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Looking down the Bailey, just south of the cathedral. The snow has covered over all the cobbles.
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Looking up the street, opposite end as the picture above.
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My view walking into town every morning. That would be the castle, just North of the cathedral.
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Across the river from the cathedral, looking South towards the old mill.
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Here's a nice one of the Cathedral:
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I've not included any pictures of the building where we live because, quite simply, it's very boring and modern. On the bright side, we've recently been granted a 3-bedroom flat. Hooray! We'll move in sometime this summer, most likely.
Things are still going well, just awaiting Baby boy #2! He was due a week ago today, and will hopefully come sooner than later. I'm sure the next post will be pics of him (her?).