The Oxfordshire Countryside - May 30 - Day 15

Kate and Heather had made plans to spend the day in Oxford doing fun touristy things and probably getting lost (Kate's bad at directions, and Heather's only good at navigating if she has both a map and a general idea of where things are based on having been somewhere more than once).  Unfortunately, it was raining ridiculously hard and showed absolutely no sign of stopping, so instead we headed over to Kate's place for lunch, games, and a journey to the stereotypical English pub.  

All of lunch was Kate friendly, meaning it contained no gluten, dairy, soy, or oranges.  It was, however, delicious, and Kate's family was very nice.  

It turns out both Heather and Kate suck at pool, so despite Alice (Kate's sister) taking over the pool game, it still dragged on for a very long time.  And Kate won at Racing Demons (a game suspiciously like Dutch Blitz, only played with real cards).  

After lunch, we took the Thatcher family dog to the pub.  To get there, we needed to walk through a field of sheep, through a gate, along the edge of three fields, diagonally across a field with long grass, over a ditch, past another field of sheep, and down a country lane.  It was very wet, since it was raining.  Then we got to the pub and it was dark and small and lovely, just like all English pubs should be.  The dog was even allowed inside!  

All in all it was a good day.