A Very Covid Christmas

Ninth week at Oxford – a time when classes cease to meet and some exams are held – is a time when the mad gallop of the year slows down to a trot. Many people either party or try to leave early, and some even manage to do both. With the weight of schoolwork lifted from my shoulders, I ate a few long meals with course-mates and visited the botanic garden with a friend before the consequences of the omnipresent carefree atmosphere inevitably caught up with us. My housemate tested positive for covid, which forced us all into isolation for several days. Luckily, the contagion stopped there, which meant that no one else’s travel plans were impacted. However, the happy send-offs I was eagerly expecting would not happen.

A greenhouse with Magdalen Tower in the background
"Buddha's Hand"
Another view of Magdalen Tower
Starfruit
Red bananas
Cocoa
A big succulent
Pitcher plants
Bananas
Can't remember what this was
More pitcher plants
More pitcher plants
An interesting trunk
Cacti
Cowley Road Methodist Church
Peckwater Quad at Christ Church
Tom Quad at Christ Church
Christ Church Cathedral
Tom Quad again
More of the same
Peckwater Quad, but more dimly lit
More of the same
And more
More of the Cathedral
More of Christ Church
Ibid.
Ibid.
The dining hall at Christ Church
The same from a different angle

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