Roger Bennion's photos

From the College website - "Nuffield College, which was founded in 1937, is located in the centre of Oxford. The College buildings were designed by Austen Harrison. His plans were approved in 1940 but the College was not built until the mid-1950s. The College was originally funded by William Morris (Lord Nuffield) a local businessman who founded Morris Motors Ltd. In the late 1950s additional resources to complete the buildings were provided by the Nuffield Foundation, a separate charity also set-up by Lord Nuffield." There are 30+ University Colleges in Oxford and it always surprises and pleases me that you can pretty much just walk into a good proportion of them! Sometimes you have to pay a couple of quid............pounds sterling that is :-) and sometimes entry is free :-))) There is not any charge to walk around Nuffield College....amazing :-)))

In the last week or so I have driven by a number of fields full of straw bales and thought to myself “must go back and take some shots”. I went out yesterday and believe it or not every field I went to was empty of straw bales bar one but that only had a couple left :-( I went out today not with the intention of looking for straw bales :-) But, 'out of the blue' I came across this field :-)))

I wasn't sure whether to title this shot - “Queuing for the Alternative Tuck Shop” or “Gorgeous in Green” or “Walking in Unison” :-))) Of no particular relevance or interest I guess.........but, I don't know if it is 'Queueing' or 'Queuing' :-)

It is probably fair to say that had this group consisted of one lady and five men I may not have taken up this photo opportunity :-))

From the College website - "Worcester is a happy blend of ancient and modern. Its buildings range in age from 15th-century medieval cottages to accommodation blocks constructed in the 21st Century, and the Library, Chapel and Dining Hall were all created by some of Britain's finest 18th and 19th century architects. Although it is close to the city and university centres, and to the coach and bus stations, it is set in 26 acres of beautiful gardens and wooded grounds, which include on-site sports fields."

Extract from the following website - www.headington.org.uk/oxon/broad/buildings/south/clarendon.htm “The Clarendon Building was built in 1711–13 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is a Grade I listed building. It was built to house the Oxford University Press, which had previously been occupying a large room over the ceiling of the Sheldonian Theatre. It owes it name to the fact that it was partly paid for by the profits from the 'History of the Great Rebellion' by Lord Clarendon, whose son presented the University with its copyright. It was known as “The Printing House” until the University Press moved to Walton Street in 1832.” The Clarendon Building is now part of the Bodleian Library. I guess I could have titled this shot 'The Clarendon Building Plus Tourists" :-)

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) One from the Archives...........'Haurel & Lardy' @ The Kop Hill Climb in 2011 :-)

From the National Trust website - “Pitstone Windmill is one of the oldest windmills in Britain. The Mill ground flour for the village for almost three hundred years until a freak storm in the early 1900s left it damaged beyond economic repair. Donated to the National Trust in 1937 Pitstone Windmill has been faithfully restored by a dedicated team of local volunteers. Today you can explore both the inner and outer workings of the windmill; including the massive post upon which the mill turns and the tail pole which the miller used to position the sails in the wind, while also taking in spectacular views of the surrounding Chilterns countryside."

I started out with the intention of creating an Orb........but, I stopped part-way through the process 'cos I thought this worked better :-)))

I was seeing "RED" last Wednesday when the Router decided it was time to expire and I lost Internet access !!!!! The good news is that a new Router arrived in the post about half an hour ago :-))) Looks like I have connected everything correctly 'cos I am now back on-line :-))) Keeping everything crossed and hope to catch-up pretty soon :-))) :-))) :-))) :-)))

E is for… EUCLID Euclid’s Elements of geometry, a standard mathematical textbook for over 2,000 years. Greek text and diagrams from one of its oldest surviving manuscripts AD 888 F is for… FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE The first collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, published in 1623, seven years after his death G is for… GUTENBERG BIBLE The Latin Bible produced by Johannes Gutenberg and Johann Furst, c. 1455. The first book printed with moveable type H is for… HOOKE View of a flea from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, 1665. The first work in English to publish observations made under the microscope.

This was quite an old shot of the Oxford University Biochemistry Building and I thought it might work as an Orb :-)))

I don't know the lady but I was pleased her dress seemed to 'match' the architecture :-)

I expect this Building will feature fairly extensively in my photostream :-) It is the home of the Oxford University Mathematical Institute.

Pavlína Bastlová (flute and vocals) and Štěpán Honc (guitar, cittern) have recorded two albums with the Per Kelt band from the Czech Republic. In October 2011 Pavlina and Štěpán moved to London to perform here. Pavlina and Štěpán regularly entertain the shoppers in Cornmarket Street, Oxford. It has been a while since I have visited Oxford and I was very pleased to see that Pavlína and Štěpán were still drawing an appreciative crowd in Cornmarket Street :-)

I thought it would be a good idea to get back over to Oxford and take a look at Oxford University's Mathematical Institute. It is now clear to me that this Building will have the same 'photographic draw' as the Biochemistry Building :-) The £70m building, that opened on 3 October 2013, is named after Andrew Wiles the Oxford professor who proved Fermat's Last Theorem, one of history's most difficult mathematical problems. I was also working on this but Andrew beat me to it :-)))

I have not taken many candids in recent times. But, when trying out my new compact camera in Oxford t'other day I thought I would try a few :-) I am pleased with this effort taken in Radcliffe Square :-)