Walk in the Cotswolds
I’m decidedly impressed with the quality of service demonstrated by senior members of the Blair government. Perhaps I should qualify that statement: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is doing an excellent job, at least in his weekend role of giving directions to lost walkers in the Cotswolds.
This morning a few other graduates students and I joined the Master of Pembroke College, Giles Henderson, his wife Lynne, and their beautiful Golden Retriever Ellie, for a walk around the village of Minster Lovell in the scenic rolling hills of the Cotswolds region. After getting to the car park, we weren’t quite sure where the trail began, but fortunately Jack Straw was on hand to direct us (really he was just on his way to church, and in fact he gave us the wrong directions, but that’s not the point).
Seeing Ellie enjoy the walk, it made me decide that if I was going to be an animal that couldn’t fly, I’d be a dog. (If I had to pick between flying or being a dog, it would be tough: flying would be cool, but dogs are just so much fun.) It was a lovely walk, with good conversation throughout, followed by a nice meal in the Master’s lodgings back at Pembroke. Apparently this type of thing doesn’t happen at other Oxford colleges (I’m told that none of the other college heads even have dogs!), so it makes me glad to be a Pembrokian.
Comment by Patrick
You should have asked him if he had knew how to get to the weapons of mass destruction…. Now that would have been fun… you could have even used the dog to snuff’em out! lol
Cheeers,
P
Comment by Patrick
Oh Doug..
Would this be a good weekend for me to come up to Oxford?
I’m thinking I might leave around 5-6 from London and get to oxford when it gets there. We can have supper or something then hit the town. Sunday you can show me around and I’ll have formal supper. And leave shortly thereafter.
How does that strike you?
Cheers,
P
