To tempt you!!

A brief hello from Dormy House with some images to tempt you......this is our home base for the next 10 days....oh my, life can be bliss and how lucky are we with an indulgence of 'all things William Morris' to follow from tomorrow.

 Enjoy the journey with us - see you tomorrow X

Morris marries in Oxford

Our second day in Oxford and we found where William Morris married at St Michael of Northgate.......a copy of the wedding certificate below with images of the interior......

 I lit the candle to the right of the red one for Morris

And the city views from the rooftop of the church.......

 The exterior views were hard to get as it is right in the heart of the city centre

 ....but you do get a good view of the Saxon tower.
This is Oxford's oldest building and was constructed approx 1000 years ago.
I could really feel a presence of William and his bride Jane - it was very special

And this afternoon we did the obligatory open top bus tour - here are some views......

 Above is Exeter College where Morris studied

 C.S. Lewis and Tolkien were literature tutors who called themselves the "Inklings". They met in this pub The Eagle and Child to discuss what they were writing. It was incredible to have the colleges pointed out to us where Bob Hawke (ex Aust PM), Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher and many more studied.

So tomorrow we leave Oxford for Broadway in the Cotswolds for Day One of the inaugural William Morris tours..see you then!

Arrived in UK

Well here we are on day one in the UK. We had two long flights broken up with an overnight stay in Hong Kong....how people do it in one 23 hour stint is beyond us (we did it once but never again - the 13 hours last night was enough!) But how lucky are we that we are able to have these wonderful adventures. Glad you can join us on your computer so here are few short hours of day one in Oxford today...

 And the above can be found in a cake version......

 Above....this is pasta!!

I will need to leave some explanations until we have a better network connection (and I can't answer any emails so Hi Helen...we are here...see you soon!)