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My Scholarship entry - Oxford Foglift

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 November 2014 | Views [167] | View Larger Image

The meadow is caked with spider webs this morning. The fog condensates on these natural nets just before they are snagged by the wind. I pass an English birdwatcher, his binoculars around his neck, who points to one woven masterpiece.

The path opens up to a clearing, bookended by a lock and a viaduct. Just over the bridge is an enormous expanse of land. Legend has it that Alfred the Great bestowed this pasture (today, Port Meadow) on the Freeman of Oxford as a war spoil. Nearly nine hundred years after the Domesday Book, wild horses still graze in the fog. I clatter over the bridge, open the gate, and go in.

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And just for a moment, the sun peaks through the fog, a rosy afterglow washes over the landscape, and Oxfordshire shows off its natural beauty.

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