Very wet start to the day, we left Cornwall and headed to
Wiltshire. Decided to call in to Lyndon
on the way. Lyndon is a coastal town
bordering the Exmoor National Park and has a good cliff walk along the coast
and back in through the mountains. Unfortunately
by the time we got there it was pouring rain, coffee and cake time in town, rug
up then on the way through the Exmoor National Park to Wells. Climbed the mountains into the park and ended
up in the clouds. The park is devoid of
trees and has just a few sheep around the place. Stark mountainous landscape, extra special in
the rain and fog, didn’t get to stop to take photos because there was really nothing in the park
except mountains, valleys, grass lands, sheep, fog, rain and a little road we
followed cautiously.
We have been listening to the BBC broadcast of the ODI world
cup each day while we drive, the match today was at Bristol and it was so wet
not a ball was bowled so we weren’t the only ones inconvenienced.
The trip to Wells was to take 1.5 hours, struck a fair bit
of traffic on the way to Wells and it took 2.5 hours. By the time we got there the sun made an
appearance, we did a visit to the Cathedral, incredible how these buildings
were constructed so large so many centuries ago and with such intricate
carvings. Did some shopping then headed
to Malmesbury to our next B&B. We
drove through Bristol and the Friday traffic turned a 1.5 hour trip to a 2.5
hour trip. Needless to say we’ve had a
long time in the car today. Busy walking
day tomorrow!!!
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| A very wet Lyndon |
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| Sunny street in Wells |
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| Cathedral Gates |
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| The Cathedral |
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| One of many corridors |
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| Looking towards altar |
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| Another side corridor |
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| Jesse stained glass window |
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| Here lie the remains of Giso of Lorraine, Bishop of Wells in 1061 to 1088. |
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| The undercroft |
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| The altar with the organ above |
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| The second oldest clock in the UK |
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| Couple of ceiling details |
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| Couple of old doors |
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| In and around the graveyard in the central courtyard |
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| There is a little creek flowing down there |
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| Our new B&B |
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| Photo from the front gate, our place is on the right |
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| That's ours for 3 nights. |
I am amazed at how many photos you have taken of the Cathedral - obviously a closet Catholic Vernon! Did you get to watch Ash barty play last night? (I would have given her a capital B but stupid auto spell kept changing it to an 8! What the!) I so hope she wins tonight - she is pretty amazing. Great week sports wise, with the State of origin, the cricket and Ash winning! Your new accommodation looks comfortable and quite roomy. xxx By the way this is Trish writing all of these comments, just under Gary's email. He said to say thank you for his card and scratchie - he won $8. going towards our holiday fund, only $29,992 to go!
ReplyDeleteYour holiday funds is obviously on the way up, well done! We have been keeping up with the State of Origin, the tennis and cricket, no wonder we are exhausted!!! Ash won Roland Garros, fancy that, what a win!!!! We have been very pleased with our AirB&B choices so far, lets hope to luck keeps up? I've always been a closet Catholic, just a shame most of the churches we visit were overrun by the Church of England during the 16th century, I'm sure they waited till the churches were built then thought.....we can have a piece of this.....then just claimed them for themselves. Got to love the righteous!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a stunning Cathedral in Wells.
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