Oxford: Tuesday 25 September

We had a most interesting morning at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. To give some direction to our visit, we followed the trail on the ’10 Highlights in an Hour’ brochure, starting in ‘The Ashmolean Story’ section where we saw Powhatan’s mantle on the basement floor and moving up each level to arrive at the restaurant on the 4th floor for a delicious lunch.

Guy Fawke's lantern, used in the Gunpowder Plot 1605

Japanese Samurai armour

                                               

 A light in the Ashmolian Museum

   ‘London Bridge at Night' by Holman Hunt

After lunch we joined the ‘Inspector Morse, Lewis & Endeavour Walking Tour’ where our excellent guide, Elizabeth Hudson-Evans, led our group of twelve on a very comprehensive walk around the sites which had been used in those series, as she reminded us of the various episodes. As a bonus, we saw some filming of the latest series of ‘Endeavour’ actually taking place!

Our time in Oxford has been full of interesting activities and we have really enjoyed this, our second visit to the city.