Well, this is the first of many posts I will be making from here in my university room for the next year!
I’ve been here for 3 nights now (Sunday to Tuesday), and things are going OK. The room is all right – its about the size you would expect for university accommodation, and its actually not too shabby. I’ve got a friend, Geraint, who is in the most recent college here, Pendle, and his room is only a little bigger…the only thing which I would really like to swap (in terms of the halls, anyway) would be the kitchen – ours is small and pretty grotty, whereas his is big and nicely fitted out (its even got proper cupboards, which is more than ours!). Being on the ground floor is alright, but there are a few things which are annoying – it gets quite warm in my room (well, at the moment at least. I think it might get cold in winter because the window seems a little draughty), so its nice to have the window open to let in some fresh air, but I can’t leave it open when I go out because it would be easy for someone to just climb in and take things. Also The room is a little overlooked. My window looks right out at block 10, and the upper floors of that can see into my room, and at my desk, which is a little disturbing. [read more]