On 4/3/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Ten years and two days ago, our family of four arrived
>in the UK for a four-month sabbatical.  My wife spent
>the time mostly at the Bodleian, doing research for a
>book (she's a historian), and I worked in a lab at
>Oxford-Radcliffe Hospital (whose architecture a friend
>described as "the world's largest lavatory wall"). 

The Radcliffe Infirmary (I assume where you worked) is being moved to the
Radcliffe Hospital complex soon. The building is being sold to the university.

> We
>lived in Faringdon, small town about 30km south, and
>our kids (6 and 10,then) went to the local schools.

I know Faringdon well. We live half way between Faringdon and Oxford.

>I also shot 65 rolls of Ektachrome in 4 months!  It
>was a fabulous, magical, interesting, incredibly
>rejuvenating time.

Let's see some pics!

>Geez, Cotty, (if you read this) I can't help envying
>your living and shooting in that area.

It's not bad. Very picturesque and full of life. Nice to work there (as
today) but also nice to get away from the hubbub. I'm a country mouse now :)




Cheers,
  Cotty


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