Any DFW things to do on a day out in Oxford?

Chrismojam

I am visiting family with my mum next week, and I am thinking that by Friday....I may be a tad stressed out with her and want to kill her:p ....so I figured...maybe I should take myself off somewhere and as Oxford isn't too far away.....

Any ideas? Nothing too fancy mind!! Bear in mind, I don't even take myself off to Liverpool 'for a wonder'....so I'm not used to it.....just thought....this might stress me out more?

tw1nklestar

im only 40 mins away from oxford chrismojam - nip round for some stress free hm cake and a dfw natter :T

judi24

Can I come? I love Oxford. Lovely shops - oh dear no money to spend in them! Good charity shops though. Good museums too if that floats your boat. Free to get in I think.
Good palce for people watching. Great book shops.... I wonder why I'm in debt!!!!

Chrismojam

tw1nklestar wrote:

im only 40 mins away from oxford chrismojam - nip round for some stress free hm cake and a dfw natter :T

Oh cheers:beer:

Although, after speaking to my sis, who was a copper for a short while in the Oxford area, I'm now none too keen on wondering about on my tod! (she came across some very unsavoury types)...Thanks for that sis!

Personally, I think some unsavoury types live in my street, so I don't have to go to the other end of the country to find them!:p

It's just one of those.....'well I've never done that' kind of moments...you know......other people go backpacking or whatever in a foriegn country.........I can't even manage 'doing my own thing and wondering round the town centre' ...........if I go into Liverpool....I know exactly (usually) where I am going and what for...and that's it..then I come home............I want to be a bohemian type..........just wonder and do as the day takes me...:o

Chrismojam

judi24 wrote:

Can I come? I love Oxford. Lovely shops - oh dear no money to spend in them! Good charity shops though. Good museums too if that floats your boat. Free to get in I think.
Good palce for people watching. Great book shops.... I wonder why I'm in debt!!!!

Now you see that's the type of thing I was thinking, museums, libraries type stuff......when I mentioned Oxford to my sis she's like well you'll get bored of the shops and end up in a caff!......I'm not going for the shopping....I DON'T LIKE SHOPPING!!!! (Ooh, a woman who doesn't like shopping, every man's dream!:p )

In_Search_Of_Me

I used to live nr Oxford & its beautiful! A great free nice thing to do is get picnic & go behind Magdalen (? sp) college. If you go through courtyard at the back & keep going left there is a lovely path (people around!!) that leads to a secret garden - great place to sit in quiet with picnic & one of my favorite places in the world to sit & be peaceful (a rare occurence!!). Enjoy!

superscholesy

i live in oxfordshire, oxford city centre is a nice place and you wont get any trouble during the day, there are plenty of museums & churches to look around some of the architectural is amazing. Other things to do: the river is nice to go and walk along and the reservoir in culham is nice to walk around at weekends, they have peolpe sailing and wind surfing in it.

As i said before the city is nice but like all over places in the country you had rough places so just stay within the city and you will be fine

superscholesy

sorry also the university's and colleges are quite intersting too

judi24

One of the museums has got load of great anthropology stuff like shrunken heads! Can't remember which one but I'll ask my brother he live in Oxford. I agree the archiecture is great. There are all sorts of tours you can do. The tourist information place will give you ideas. They can be guided (which cost) or not (free).
I wan't to come PLEASE!!!

nortonfly

The Ashmolean Museum is massive, has loads of interesting stuff there and is free!! Also the "shrunken heads" musuem is the Pitt Rivers Museum, and attached to that is the dinosaur museum (also free). Walk down St Aldates to Christchurch college and have a picnic in their grounds....You can buy a tourist bus ticket and go round and round.....getting off and on as often as you like. This is fantastic for seeing the colleges and architecture, gargoyles round the Bodleian Library. Have a lovely day!

Chrismojam

nortonfly wrote:

The Ashmolean Museum is massive, has loads of interesting stuff there and is free!! Also the "shrunken heads" musuem is the Pitt Rivers Museum, and attached to that is the dinosaur museum (also free). Walk down St Aldates to Christchurch college and have a picnic in their grounds....You can buy a tourist bus ticket and go round and round.....getting off and on as often as you like. This is fantastic for seeing the colleges and architecture, gargoyles round the Bodleian Library. Have a lovely day!

Now this is making me think I'll be quite happy off on my tod!...I think my sis is just thinking she'll be desperate by then and may just leave mum with her hubby so she can come with me:D Pitty poor hubby:o