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Postby Haku » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:51 am

I went this summer in UK and visited Oxford. I just stayed one day there but I had time enough to visit many places of HDM action.
Living and working place of Mary, exeter, the Botanic Garden, the museum (didn't get inside) and so on.
Really nice trip ! This town is wonderful and pretty. I would have like to stay more there.

To jalaba, you say on the blog you don't know where you're first picture is taken. I kniow it, I took the same this summer. That's behind Exeter. The round building is the radcliffe camera and the church is the (*try to find the english name) something like Holy Mary Virgin Chruch (sorry for my pityful english)

thanks for the pictures !
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Postby Giarc1126 » Sat Jan 01, 2005 6:26 pm

Hmmm, I'm a bit tempted to go there, I suppose it could become a place of pilgrimage for HDM fans :shock: Although I expect I'll wait until I need to go to Oxford anyway - I'd also try in vain to locate the rough location of the window Will first went through to Citagazze :oops:
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Postby Angel to follow » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:24 pm

I've always wanted to carve Will + Lyra 4eva but i've never been.
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Postby -Trail- » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:54 pm

ill go lemme think...

Midsummer 2010, or... yea what time should i go to meet will :wink: :wink:
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Postby krebbe » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:13 am

<made application to Exeter college the other week>
Hope you didn't apply for Chemistry.
And what's wrong with Chemistry? - a bit late, but I can't let it slide :wink:
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Postby Laura » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:58 am

We were told yesterday, the head of department having not been aware of this till a few hours before, that the Chemistry department is closing at my Uni, along with Italian and music, and all the staff being laid off. Englishpeople among you may read about it in the papers; yes, Exeter.

They intend to keep my course, Bio Med Chem, but have no idea how they're going to do it whilst laying off all Chemistry lecturers. At the moment I'm feeling just a little worried.
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Postby krebbe » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:39 am

Different Exeters. The news report was about Exeter University's Chemistry and Music departments closing down (which is in Exeter) but I think Will was applying to Exeter College Oxford where the great PP himself studied and on which Jordan College is based (in location and design)!

The Chemistry department in Oxford is the largest in the western world - just don't ask me where the western world ends!

I feel unclean getting excited about Chemistry :cry: Rest assured I won't be when the exam comes on Friday!
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Postby Melancholy Man » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:49 am

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Postby Danny Barefoot » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:34 pm

My mistake.
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Postby jessia » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:16 pm

I've always wanted to carve Will + Lyra 4eva but i've never been.
not "4eva" please. anyways, someone's already carved in their names. i've always wondered whether it was someone around here.
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Postby Dire_Psycho » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:53 pm

youve been there? :|
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Postby jessia » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:58 pm

this past summer. i did my grade 12 english credit in oxford. :D
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Postby Cookiemonster » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:59 pm

I've always wanted to carve Will + Lyra 4eva but i've never been.
not "4eva" please. anyways, someone's already carved in their names. i've always wondered whether it was someone around here.
Can I just say a quick congrats to Jess for reaching 8000 posts with this?
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