I guess it has been quite a long time since my last post and for that I apologise. I found it considerably knackering to make it through the last few weeks of college. I very nearly had to crawl to catch the coach to Cirencester every day! But now college is over.....HALLELUJAH!!!!!!! I can now enjoy my summer and will hopefully use the time to focus on creating some videos and posters for different aspects of media. I really want to take the time to improve my practical abilities for my second year of media when I return in September...no rest for the wicked ;)
So, for this post, I will do something slightly different. I will not necessarily be recommending anything in particular to watch but instead, I would like to post some of my own photos from my recent travels. And when I say travels, I mean college trips to Gloucester Cathedral and Berkeley Castle and also my visits to University Open Days. Yes it is that time in my life, when I have to begin looking at what university and course I want to study and begin writing my personal statement. It is stressful! I have learnt that just when you are getting over exam stress and panic, life will throw at you yet more stuff to worry and stress over. That is why, during summer, I may be working on 'honing my skills' (that is a weird phrase...feel free to erase it from your mind) in creating videos and taking photos, but at the same time I am going to relax for 80% of the time. In life one must be happy and staying in bed, past an acceptable time, keeps me happy! Good Morning? What is this strange 'morning' you speaketh of?
Anyway....on with the photos.....
Gloucester Cathedral:
Okay. When I heard the history department had planned a trip to Berkeley Castle and Gloucester Cathedral, I felt slightly lacklustre. I mean I love history, but compared to trips to the Globe Theatre and the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff (for English and Media), I did not think this day would measure up. But then, I realised one thing....HARRY POTTER! The cathedral was used as a filming location for the first, second and sixth Harry Potter films and if there is one thing I love, it is Harry Potter!!!!
It is Daniel Radcliffe!!!! Only joking....it is just some random man but if you are a fan of the Harry Potter films, then you should recognise the hallway. Soak the photo in and be transported, slightly, to Hogwarts.
This is supposedly the wall in which, in 'The Chamber of Secrets', a message was written in blood...'The Chamber of secrets has been opened...enemies of the heir beware...'
You will find, during this trip, I very much enjoyed taking pictures of windows....because I am cool like that....and the lighting often looks really great...
This image really reminds me of the Harry Potter films...do not know why....
Another window....because yet again I am cool....
The reason we visited the cathedral...Edward II's tomb....still convinced that Harry Potter is slightly more important...but medieval history is fascinating, Edward II being especially interesting...is he really buried here? I really do not know....
Berkeley Castle:
This castle is where Edward II was kept captive and notoriously rumoured to be murdered by a red hot poker being shoved up....that place which must not be named (guess the reference?)...or by suffocation...or he may have just fled... Either which way, this castle was really cool to visit, even if it looks like I took more photos of butterflies compared to anything else....
They had a butterfly house and with the perfect zoom function on my camera, I could not resist seeing what kind of photos I could take....this is an Atlas Moth (I think) and it was terrifying and huge...thus this photo is taken from across the room...you would have to force me at gunpoint to get any closer...
From butterflies to a dungeon....just because....
This is where Edward II was kept....until he met his unfortunate demise...or fled....it will never be known...unless I invent a time machine which is totally feasible....maybe.....
Another window....because I am obsessed....
Window and ivy...you get the picture by now....
This woman...I forget her name because I sometimes have a memory like a sieve...had 'Midsummer Night's Dream' written for her....I think Shakespeare was commissioned by an admirer...which is cool because it is an awesome play....
Just when you thought the window photos were over....
Just when you thought the butterfly photos were over....
The castle..which is smaller than you first imagine... The cool fact is that it has been home to the same family (the Berkeley family) for around 900 years...still to this day... and I also think it is really cool that the University of California Berkeley is named after a family member (or so we were told)...it is a small world...
London-King's College University: (these images were taken on my phone...thus are not as good....)
My parents and I visited King's College Open Day in London and it was amazing. However, I love the city but not the university. Strand Campus is amazing, both the buildings and location (it is extremely close to both the National Theatre and...."drum roll please".....GLOBE THEATRE....)... I want to live in the Globe Theatre...if there is one thing you should do, is watch a Shakespeare play in this theatre...preferably 'Midsummer Night's Dream' like I was able to... It was a life changing experience...one that consolidated my passion for language, the written word and media (even if the theatre and not film or television). The location is great, London being a hotpot of experiences and a fantastic sensory overload, however the course did not live up to what I had originally hoped...
Because any day is not complete unless a coffee drink is involved...
Look how clean the water looks!!!....not....
AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!....that is all I will say!
Big Ben...Houses of Parliament and some tourists.....
Somerset House is right next door to King's College campus....I repeat, the whole area is amazing...
Big Ben and the London Eye...because I am a little bit of a tourist inside still...
Well....I hope you have enjoyed this post, even if no review or recommendation has been included. I promise I will include a detailed review next week...until then why don't you try Penny Dreadful (a television show) in the meantime. I give it a 3.5/5 so it is worth giving a try....Dracula, Frankenstein and Dorian Grey...what else could you want from gothic horror...the answer is nothing....nothing at all....
Goodbye for now!!!!
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