Arrived in Bristol-aye the other day from London to catch up with a
friend I met during the days of wallowing in Qingdao beer in China.
Getting
here was a bit of a task, the bus was "delayed" by one hour, but by
judging from the departure times it suspiciously looks like they just
decided not to run our service and cram us onto the next bus! All this
meant that George, my conscripted guide to Bristol, couldnt meet me at
the bus station becuase he thought attending his final GP Placement for
uni just a tad more important than meeting a flee-ridden (OK its not
that bad) ozzy backpacker :) But, with the ever-effusive help desk
attendant shouting my name at the bus station, it came apparent George
had left me something; a Bristol A to Z and a Student Union guide to
Bristol.
The idea of a uni campus actually looking aesthetically
pleasing is a concept somewhat forreign to me coming from the
architectural delight of UTS, but Bristol University has some damn fine
grounds .... student life here seems to be much more active here but I
suppose much of that can be explained by the British tradition (and a
somewhat wise one at that!) of moving out for uni.
Went around
town today taking happy snaps of Bristol .... tho the film seems to be
now stuck in the camera ... looks like a session in the uni's darkroom
tomorrow to get it out. Hopefully going to put some B&W film in
tomorrow as well and insha'allah, should be developing that set of film
myself yayayayay!
Hopefully cycle to Bath tomorrow for a day
trip, was thinking of dashing off to Oxford soon but opted fo the lazy
inactive stay in Bristol option instead, though it looks like I'll be
heading up to Birmingham in the next few days.
All the best
Jim
