a few scattered notes

Oh yeah, so something I forgot to mention about the Salisbury Cathedral:
all the wooden supports have been around so long they have essentially fossilised into rocks.
So maybe once they had to worry about insects burrowing in, but no longer.

Sunday night it rained, and at some point snowed. All that was left on Monday morning was slush, which was really gross. Now I understand why it's best that maybe Edinburgh stay snowless. In any case, it was an opportunity to wear the wellies I bought in the post-Christmas sales!
Wellies
Likewise, sometime last night the temp dropped below freezing again, and so thin spots of ice greeted us in the morning.

Classes began yesterday. This first week is pretty light because the tutorials don't start until next week (an extra four or five hours a week) AND one of my courses doesn't start until the end of January.
Still, I think this term might prove to be something of a challenge. For the first time possibly ever my coursework will be completely, entirely new. None has the least amount of review, and all are at the third- or fourth-year level. Eeep. Sounds like a bit of work to stay on top.