Yesterday was my last day at Strawberry Hill this semester (I think). We did the usual running around, measuring rooms and listening to lectures under less than ideal conditions. Highlight of the day was when I trailed after the anti-Snape to look at the servants' rooms over the main floor, and photograph damp patches in the ceiling. Considering ( Read more... )

The college lecturers are on strike again tomorrow. Unlike last year's, this is part of a one-day national strike over pay. We had been scheduled for a whole day at Strawberry Hill tomorrow (environmental monitoring and history), so when I heard about the strike I made alternate plans, on the assumption that both our lecturers and those at St ( Read more... )

It's suddenly gone very cold indeed again. I was frozen solid this evening on Strawberry Hill station, sitting on one of those perforated metal benches and huddling behind a larger classmate to keep out of the wind. The surreal event of the day, however, was the eight of us sitting in Horace Walpole's (unheated and north-facing) old bedroom, ( Read more... )

All this semester's work is done! If I bent at the knees at all I would be frolicking happily ( Read more... )

A pleasant day at Strawberry Hill yesterday, with, finally, a proper history lecture from the woman who is replacing Skippy as he wanders off to the States to do who knows what. This may be the last time we go to Strawberry, and we've done little or nothing there, apart from wander around aimlessly and listen to lectures under uncomfortable ( Read more... )

Strawberry Hill Today, where the work situation seems to be unchanged from last year - we were unable to get to the proposed workrooms, because the college had allegedly lost the keys. We started with a rough run-through of the coming course and essay/worksheet assignments from Dr Skippy, followed by a very rapid run-through of the British ( Read more... )

Got through the whole day without disasters this year, although the canteen seems to have disappeared. In an attempt to "enrich the student environment", and not at all to save money, the authorities have removed the area with seating and hot food, and replace it with a very much smaller area that has seats and some vending machines. This is a bit ( Read more... )