eager feet: April 2013

Before leaving Swansea, I took a bunch of photos of all the lab equipment I used so that a) I would be able to tell if my lab partner moved my stuff in order to encroach on my space (I would do the same to him, so this is really more me being both a hypocrite AND proactively indignant. Look! Multitasking!), and b) when I was writing up my thesis and realised I forgot to write down the make/model of, for example, the gas chromatograph, I would have a photo of said chromatograph on hand to save the day. I am not normally this proactive nor this organised, so I'm rather pleased with myself for this endeavor.

Anyway! The point is, I was looking for a photo today for my thesis, and in the process I stumbled across these photos, which I'd completely forgotten about, but which make me so happy every time I see them. I'm pretty sure I haven't shared them anywhere yet, so I figured I'd put them up here. They were taken last summer. I was at an infrared spectroscopy workshop in Gerrard's Cross (try to contain your enthusiasm), and decided that after the workshop I was going to walk to Cookham, a town about 5 1/2ish hours (walking) southwest of GC. And so I did - thank goodness it didn't rain! And I had a lovely, lovely day - I followed this route, approximately, and so wandered through Egypts Wood and the Burnham Beeches, passing a lot of gorgeous English countryside and horses and ending up at the Thames in Cookham, which is a really cute town. I spent the next morning in there before heading off to meet my friend Angie, so I killed time by heading over to Clivedon, a National Trust house (love National Trust houses) about 20 minutes away.

The whole trip (even the workshop, amazingly) was a lot of fun, and made me fall a little bit more in love with the UK. Added bonus: I felt very much like a hobbit. All I was missing was a walking stick.

On to the photos!
*Warning: lots of flowers/inanimate objects and very few (no) people


Fresh blackberries along the path

One of the reasons I love National Trust houses - weirdest / great food! All I wanted was a cheese platter and some crackers, and lo and behold! Thank you National Trust.