The last in line

I'm the last in the queue to enter Christ Church College innOxford. The wind is penetrating my thermals, singlets, shirts & jacket & I have my new polo fleece scarf covering my chin & nose. I'm surprised frostbite isn't greeting my fingers as I type! There's about 500 people in the queue ahead and I'm excited to enter this most majestic of colledes. It's not the richest college cause as I learned on the bus tour I've been enjoying today, that honour belongs to St Johns. This college is renowned for many things one of which is being the model for Harry Potters great ball room set and the set for the hallways and moving stairs. The architecture even from the outside is simply stunning! With flowering ivy and picturesque turrets. There's no gargoils like on many of the other buildings!
Today I have seen some amazing things including the Oxford Castle which was commissioned by William the Conquerer during the 11c it was used as a prison right
Up til the 1990s! A dank and austere place made in the old style mound and moat format. It was a Saxon castle in a Norman area! I've had pointed out from the bus Charles 1st (he of the history project beheaded cake fame) army congregation area, the pub where Carroll and CS Lewis would regularly enjoy an ale. The colleges where Bill Clinton, Bob Hawke & Maggie thatcher studied. The theatre where Richard Burton made his debut and which is largely still funded by Liz Taylor. Interruption.... I'm First in line!!!

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