Eagle and Child Pub Oxford

I had been looking forward to returning to Oxford ever since my visit with Julie in 2010, and it felt sort of surreal to be there again. It was absolutely freezing when I got off the train (it must have been about 3 degrees) so I decided to go for a brisk walk. I had forgotten to bring a map, so I relied on my previous knowledge to keep me from …

... was a Chicken and Mushroom Pie with mash (mashed potatoes), vegetables, and Earl Grey at none other than the Eagle and Child pub (C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein's old haunt). It was very good - I couldn't finish it. Emily and Amanda are wonderful - so ...

... kinda cool. Gotta really think about that purchase... We left Blackwell's and wandered off (the wrong way at first) to the Eagle and Child Pub. This is famous as one of the main pubs where Lewis and Tolkein and their friends would meet, drink and read ...

... and pubs that were the favorites of authors like DH Lawrence and JR Tolkein.   We couldn't get a table at the Eagle and Child Pub, but across the street we had no trouble getting a table at the Lamb and Flag, where we discovered Betty Scoggs ...

... Moreton-In-Marsh. I had known before I even left for my Europe trip where I was going to eat dinner when I was in Oxford - The Eagle and Child pub. As a fan of both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis I knew I wanted to eat where they spent so much of their ...

... did not make me enjoy the food any better.  Yuck. After dinner, I met up with a few of our students at the Eagle and Child pub, where CS Lewis and JRR Tolkein would have a pint.  Locals call it the Bird and Baby.  The drinking age in ...

... 1. The Eagle and Child - I got a late start today...so I decided to start my day off with brunch at the Eagle and Child pub, which is where the Inklings used to meet for good drink and discussion. The Inklings were a literary group which included ...

... Alice in Wonderland.    Wandering around Oxford looking for something to eat, we just happened to stumble on the Eagle and Child Pub, which turns out was a favorite haunt of a couple of aspiring authors to eat, down a pint and ...