OXFORD’S Lord Mayor reached the heights of office as she inspected the old city walls in a historic practice dating back to 1379.
Elise Benjamin scaled the remaining section of the walls inside the grounds of New College yesterday.
King Richard II ruled the inspection should take place every three years as the Oxford University college was built with the walls inside.
Ms Benjamin, who suffers from vertigo, said: “It is such an amazing experience you actually forget you’re up that high. The view was wonderful.”
Ms Benjamin, a Green party councillor, said it was an honour to take part in the tradition, adding: “It is an even greater privilege because it is done every three years, so I’m lucky it has fallen in my year.
“They were in an amazing condition given how old they are.”
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