We ventured into the city for the first time to have lunch with Stu today in the park near his office. I say 'park'; it's actually a cemetery! Only in England would you find that a cemetery doubles up as the local open space! Given how densely situated the buildings are in the city I guess it's not surprising that any open space has, by necessity, multiple uses. William Blake, John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe author) are all buried here, in fact the last burial was in 1854 so it's one of those hauntingly beautiful old burial places with crumbling headstones and dappled sunlight tumbling onto the angels' wings atop the memorials. It was really lovely for Stu to see Sophs awake ona week day instead of in bed or eating!
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