Sunday, April 28, 2013

27 April 2013: Exeter, England

SATURDAY
8:08am train to Bristol.
Sticker on the ground at the Bristol train station: I'm a Tiger. Countryside from Bristol to Exeter.
University of Exeter.
A bunch of old computers and interactive white boards behind a gate at the University of Exeter.
Statue of General Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908) on horse. A pink unicorn.
Yellow tulips. Street buskers and balloons.
Laundry blowing in the wind. "The House that Moved"... this 16th century Tutor house is a listed building. It used to sit 100 yards from its current location. In 1961, Exeter was building a new road, but this house was in its path. Since the house couldn't torn down, they put it on rollers and moved it.  
The quay.
Used bookstore. The Cathedral ceiling.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum... voted Museum of the Year in 2012. WWII baby gas mask.
Smileage. River Exe.
Detailed brick work. A metal unicorn.
At Exeter St. David's railway station. Depart from platform 5.
Sun setting while heading northeast back to Bath.