Almae Matres

'Alma mater' is latin for 'nourishing mother', or code for one's old school or university. The plural is 'Almae Matres'. I visited both my old school, Sherborne, and my old University, Bristol.

English countryside on the way to school

Sherborne Abbey

Abbey nave

Abbey choir

Sherborne Almshouse

The conduit (Monks washing centre)

Sherborne School quad

School House cloisters

Some old boys. Jeremy and I used to sail together.

The Digby boarding house, which was founded when I was there.

The Digby

Clifton Suspension Bridge at Bristol

Hugh in the 'Dirty Duck' (aka The Black Swan)

Bristol Docks

Medical School lecture theatre E29

The Royal Crescent, Bath. I spent my first six months after qualifying working in Bath,  a lovely city near Bristol.

The Circus, Bath.