AECC

Well today Bournemouth turned out an absolutely crapola day. Was rainy and cold which is such a change from yesterday. Today i went to visit the Anglo European Chiropractic College (AECC) which is the UK's oldest chiro college. I think there's McTimmony in Oxfordshire and a very small college in Wales.

AECC - the side view, pathway leading to the student clinic

AECC isnt actually in Bournemouth proper, it's more like Pokesdown so i had to take a bus there. The college itself was in Bournemouth before but moved to this current premises in the 1980's. Apparently the building used to be a nunnery. It's quite a beautiful sandstone building.

It's a separate college on its own that is loosely affiliated with Bournemouth uni. I guess it would be like early days with Sydney college of Chiropractic and Mac uni... only now chiro is a full uni course at Mac.

Got to have a look around the rooms. The buildings are pretty old... and some of the equipment seems pretty old as well. Had a chat to the principal and some of the post grad staff about the post grad certificates, diplomas and masters. It's not a bad structure - you can do 3 yrs for a masters... but after the first year if you opt out then you come away with a cert. and if you opt out after the 2nd yr you get a dip.
The only thing is they seem to have things you have to attend every month which isnt feasible for me as I cant be flying halfway around the world every month. So i think i might pass. Actually Murdoch has a really good post grad sports program but where is the fun in flying to Perth?? I would rather study outside of Aust so i can travel and claim the tax deduction.

Weather was still pretty bad when i left AECC so since i had an all day bus pass, I decided to take the bus to Poole to have a look around. But i walked around and got totally wet and in the end there was nothing there... although i did manage to buy a pair of ballet flats for 3 pound which is less than AU$6. bargain!! there's not that many shoes that fit me here as i'm a uk size 3 or 3.5.

Australian Bar down Old Christchurch St.

Coming home from Poole i walked past the "Australian Bar" so decided to pop in for dinner and a drink.
Well they didnt do dinner but i ended up having a drink before getting italian food nearer my hotel.




In true Aussie style, the bar is a sports bar so there's heaps of screens inside showing the football (soccer). The thing i find hilarious about the Australian bar is that i was probably the only one in there with an Aussie accent. The bartenders were wearing green and gold Wallabies jerseys but they had pommy accents!!