We are off to Hadrian’s Wall so a super quick post this morning. At one end of town the golfers are enjoying the sunshine. Four guys from Princeton pass us on the 15th hole. Seems there is to be a big college championship here next month and they're getting the lay of the land :https://standrews.com/articles/st_andrews_collegiate_2025_team_announcement
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Preparations for the major golf tournament are well underway. Last year we met a couple who had bought a $10 million apartment in the block overlooking the 18th hole. They'd come over only to discover their view was completely blocked by the bleachers that had been built outside their windows. They were not happy. Lesson #1 in life - always read the small print.
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At the other end of town the students have settled into their daily routines. On the hour every hour the streets become thronged with youngsters heading off to their next lecture. Some walk on the pavements. Others wander contentedly , oblivious to cars and trucks, along the road.
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6 comments:
Hari Om
I hope this weather holds up for your visit to the wall... having recently passed that way in deluge, I know it can make all the difference! YAM xx
Enjoy the adventure.
Please take pictures!
I still say they need to put the statues back in those Reformation bare niches. Say hi to Hadrian for me; I just started reading the Greeeeeat Mary Beard's The Roman Emperor.
The part of the building where the "poor" couple who spent ten million for their flat so they had a good view of the golf was where, as a student in the sixties, we watched the golf for nothing since it was then a Hall of Residence for women. I don't know whether to feel sorry for them or laugh. I do feel sorry for their disappointment. Should add we didn't really appreciate our good luck then, as the young don't.
Duh...Apparently I somehow posted my original comment on the wrong day...
What I wanted to say is enjoy your trip and that connection with history through the millenia. You inspired me to re- read " Memoires d'Hadrien" by the great Marguerite Yourcenar.
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