Photos of Lyra & Will's bench from the Botanic Garden
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Photos of Lyra & Will's bench from the Botanic Garden
I traveled to Oxford & London last week from the US to visit the Botanic Garden & see the stage plays. I would like to share some of the images with the forum.
"Lyra led him almost to the end of the garden, over a little bridge, to a wooden seat under a spreading, low-branched tree..."
This is the view from the bench.
"Lyra led him almost to the end of the garden, over a little bridge, to a wooden seat under a spreading, low-branched tree..."
This is the view from the bench.
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i have to go look for the rest of my pictures
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How did it feel to see in real life what you have read about so many times?
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It's looking a bit greener than it did in January:
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Wow, thats cool, i didn't realise it was a real place in Botanic Garden, i've never been there before.
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It was interesting to say the least. Since walking through Oxford is so much like walking through the last 800 years of history, your mind & imagination are already quite engaged.How did it feel to see in real life what you have read about so many times?
I don't think I really had any real preconceived idea of what I thought it would look like. I have been in a lot of gardens & to England before for horticulture events... The only reason we thought there might really be a "real" bench in the Gardens was because of the photo in "Lyra's Oxford."
We really enjoyed walking into the Botanic Garden and seeing the items that Pullman described that lead us to the bench. It was a lovely morning. The Botanic Garden are quite beautiful.
I was a little taken back by the post above that seems to imply that "Lyra" is scratched on the bench there. I would hope that people traveling to see this location will realize the sacredness of the setting, irregardless of the HDM literature.
We did take a picture of ourselves with our daemons...
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*Phones relatives in Oxford, and informs them that I am coming to stay, despite having exams in the very near future*
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Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
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Don't forget, also, that we have a gallery of photograms of HDM-related locations on this site.
EDIT: There's also an entry in my blog you might like to look at.
EDIT: There's also an entry in my blog you might like to look at.
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I have driven past the horn beam trees, I just remembered. That is my HDM moment of the day.
I have driven past the horn beam trees, I just remembered. That is my HDM moment of the day.
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Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
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Walking virtually anywhere through town these days has a somewhat otherworldly feel to it.
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Any other world in particular?
We must build the republic of heaven in our world...
Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
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i'm not sure if i'm right but isn't this will+lyra bench http://www.bridgetothestars.net/images/bench.jpg
Admin: Converted to link as the image was too big
(to a wooden seat under a spreading)
Admin: Image removed as it was my copyright image posted without attribution
(it's also a low branched tree)
P.S- it says this at http://www.bridgetothestars.net
Admin: Converted to link as the image was too big
(to a wooden seat under a spreading)
Admin: Image removed as it was my copyright image posted without attribution
(it's also a low branched tree)
P.S- it says this at http://www.bridgetothestars.net
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Gah, those pictures are beautiful. I hope I'll have a chance to visit there someday...and pretend that Lyra is there with me in a different world. What can I say? I'm a kid at heart.
Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so much trouble.
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But you're a monster raving loony on the outside?I'm a kid at heart.
There's also some more good photos from clay here
We must build the republic of heaven in our world...
Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa
I sell discount books, so sue me
Times are tight, and starting a band is good way to kill some time until the economy picks up
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wow
I knew that the gardens existed but
didn't that they were that amazing
I should try and cross the atlantic some time soon before the world discides to use nukes everywhere and cause nuclear winter
I knew that the gardens existed but
didn't that they were that amazing
I should try and cross the atlantic some time soon before the world discides to use nukes everywhere and cause nuclear winter
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Astarael, the Sorrowful. The banisher, the final bell. Properly rung, it casts everyone who hears it far into Death. Everyone, including the ringer.
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Does it worry you that you don't talk any kind of sense? ", "One's never alone with a rubber duck. ","Ford had his own code of ethics. It wasn't much of one, but it was his and he stuck by it, more or less. One rule he made was never to buy his own drinks. He wasn't sure if that counted as an ethic, but you have to go with what you've got. " -some where in the book the Ultimate hitchhikers guide
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