Aslan Has Won!!!

This picture is deceptive. Aslan has won thus the snow has fled. All's green and lush around Harlaxton Manor. Still cold though. Which still isn't bothering me much. Have a majorly busy weekend ahead of me. Papers to write, books to read, exams for which to prepare. Ah yes, and fish and chips in less than an hour. At least it'll start off right. :)

These past two weeks have been interesting. I've learnt some things and forgotten some things. For example, I intended for this to be a once a week blog, I'd post every weekend yet....no clue what happened to last weekend. I don't think I did much of anything but I don't really recall...and they say alcohols' a good idea...I can't remember what I did without drinking.

We took a coach to Stamford on Wednesday. It was fantastic. Brandy had never been on a double decker before thus we sat on the top on the way there. It was wonderfully windy that day so it felt more like a boat than a coach. Stamford is a gorgeous little town. They have seventeen churches. Seriously. Not all are in use but all are open for visitation. We managed to see four of them in the few hours we had to explore. I was 'gobsmacked' as per usual. All Saints' Church was by far the most incredible. It dates as far back as the 12th century but only a portion of the original stonework remains. The rest is oh so much more modern...as in 13th century. It was amazing. The most beautiful stained glass windows adorn the walls with the most lifelike of faces.

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St. Martins' is beyond comparison. Having now seen many incredible English churches I was still not prepared for the giant statues and TOMB in St. Martins'. You just never know what you might find. :)

I'd left my bag in our seat on the coach but one of these irritating adolescents tossed it aside thus we were booted from our view on high. Even in the little things I notice Gods' hand. In something so small and seemingly insignificant as losing your place on a half hour coach ride. There was no more room up top thus Brandy and I was told to go to the very front of the lower level. We were seated with the only other 'mid'twenties' person here and Dr Green, one of the coolest professors on this campus. He and I struck up a conversation about films and television and discovered we had very similar tastes. Within minutes we were naming actors such as Charlton Heston, Ingrid Bergman and Errol Flynn as favourites. It was fantastic. But the best conversation was when I described one film as 'dodgy' and Brandy asked what the heck I'd just said, she'd never heard such a word. Dr Green informed her that was a perfectly good word...a battle of British English versus American English began. It was two against one thus rather short lived. :P If we'd kept our upper level seats we both would've been asleep within minutes. Instead we had a blast. The Lord works in mysterious ways! :)

Ever Amazed,

B. J. Tucker

Something I Miss Now: My Family.
Something I Will Miss: Double decker coaches.

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Life At Harlaxton 2013 Sub Folder #3 - Day Trip to Stamford