Punting, Cricket, and Christ Church Meadows

Just behind Christ Church College is the wide and tranquil Christ Church Meadows, which stretch from the college to the River Cherwell on the left, and the Thames to the back and to the right.  Cows graze on the yellowed grass, and rest on the shade of oak and beech trees.  A dirt path loops around the meadow, from the back of which one may see the city of Oxford in all its splendor - spires raising up above the green tops of trees.  The view is so clear that each of the individual colleges and monuments can be picked out, from the large, bluish dome of the Radcliffe Camera to the smaller steeple of Exeter College Chapel.

Here we see Humphrey and Turner (inside joke) partaking in a favorite Oxford past time, punting.  On a nice day, this can be a great way to view the colleges from the peaceful banks of the Cherwell.  But be sure to go early in the morning, otherwise the river will be full of French tourists who cannot control their boats.