Tuesday, June 30, 2009

White Horse Photo


You can just barely make out part of the white horse at the top of the photo.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

White Horse

I was thinking about camping out Friday night for Saturday Wimbledon tickets, but the forecast was rain Friday night and all day Saturday. I should know better than to change my plans for forecasts. Saturday turned out to be sunny and gorgeous. All was not lost because I got to take a nice little bike ride. Clara and I rode to the White Horse Hill about 22 miles away from Oxford. It has a doozie of a climb at the end of the route.



The hill is very chalky, so long ago people would dig ditches and make chalk pictures. The National Trust now keeps some of these preserved. The Uffington White Horse is one of the largest, but there are many of these hill figures across the English Countryside. Clara (the geologist) tried to tell me something about the hills, but I just heard "blah blah blah strike and dip blah blah blah." Some people need to learn how to not talk about technical stuff when others clearly aren't following and aren't interested. [edit: (sarcasm)]

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Pembrokeshire


I've failed to update for a while, so to appease the family I'll link to lots of photos this time. Over the weekend I went with some friends to the Pembrokeshire Coast in Wales. My walking trip to Wales made me think pretty highly of the region. After this trip I think it's fair to say I'm officially in love with Wales. We stayed at a youth hostel right on the coast in a little town called Broad Haven, giving us great access to the beach and the coastal walking path. I even took a dip in the ocean and didn't get hypothermia. More photos of the adventures are available here .