the cottage is its own place
It's good that we postponed our trip to Milton's Cottage to today and did outdoor things yesterday, because this morning we awoke to thunder and hardcore rain. Last night Katherine messaged me to see if I wanted to go to The Trout, this pub about a 45 minute walk that sits right on a river of some sort. I was a bit iffy on it at first, but when she revealed she'd be driving, I jumped right in! So Moops, Katherine, and I had a nice evening sitting by the river and watching the ducks, and decided that we want to go back there next Wednesday for dinner, as it will be my last night in Oxford and all. Twas lovely.
Today we set off about 1:30 and, despite our best efforts to get lost, managed to make it to Milton's Cottage at about 2:45. I couldn't take pictures inside, but it was so neat! We actually got to stand in the room in which Milton dictated Paradise Lost! They have lots of first editions of his poetry as well as portraits and statues of him, and we got to gawk at them and talk to the enthusiastic museum curator for about an hour or so. In the gift shop I bought the greatest thing ever - an eraser shaped like a book on which the words 'Paradise Erased' are printed. Mwahahhaah. Anyway, I did take some pics of the outside of the house and the garden, in spite of the rain, so let's get to them!
On the way out of town is a barn made from the remnants of the Mayflower. How crazy is that?
And there we have it! My life is pretty much complete now.
Today we set off about 1:30 and, despite our best efforts to get lost, managed to make it to Milton's Cottage at about 2:45. I couldn't take pictures inside, but it was so neat! We actually got to stand in the room in which Milton dictated Paradise Lost! They have lots of first editions of his poetry as well as portraits and statues of him, and we got to gawk at them and talk to the enthusiastic museum curator for about an hour or so. In the gift shop I bought the greatest thing ever - an eraser shaped like a book on which the words 'Paradise Erased' are printed. Mwahahhaah. Anyway, I did take some pics of the outside of the house and the garden, in spite of the rain, so let's get to them!
On the way out of town is a barn made from the remnants of the Mayflower. How crazy is that?
And there we have it! My life is pretty much complete now.