Bomb Scare!

Yep, you read that right. Coventry had a bit of excitement this afternoon. I was about to leave the graduate student centre this afternoon with a few classmates to head to the pub then go ice skating... but our plans were altered a bit when we were stopped by the police from heading into the city centre. We had heard rumors that there was a bomb threat, but (perhaps stupidly) tried to cut through a parking lot to get into the centre despite the threat. The police saw us and stopped us again (sheepish grin is on my face now). You see, these sort of things apparently happen every once in awhile around here. It wasn't a bomb threat- it was an unexploded shell from WWII. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7884520.stm

So, we spent a few hours in a pub waiting for the police cordon to be lifted, then went ice skating as planned. I didn't fall once. :-) Photos to come. :-)

What an afternoon!