Saturday Bath Abbey

Yet again we were amazed by the size, craftsmanship,  light,  surfeit of volunteers, etc of another cathedral -  Bath Abbey. We were  also  very impressed with a series of 35  images. Each image depicted an episode of Jesus life and consisted of 2 roughly A3 size elements, one calligraphy, usually a bible quote, beautifully illustrated and the other element an embroidery which matched the text in content and the calligraphy in colour. I could have spent half an hour looking carefully at each, instead I bought a book of the images and the creators notes. Noel did the same.

We talked to one of the volunteers for ages . He had spent time in Australia as a young man. We also talked to one of the clergy. He pointed out a series of new carved wooden angels above the choir stalls which were quirky and fun.   The volunteer told us about a new memorial to Arthur Philip so after the cathedral we walked up the hill to see it, having lunch on the way. We walked back yet another way via the river.
Another great day. Noel is almost better,  not so I.