Wakefield-Misc

some fine brickwork

courts

a random piece of sculpture greets the museum goer

medieval bridge chapel

the medieval bridge

Wentworth Castle & I learn about group self timer pictures

Wentworth's front facade

the garden and a lovely view of S. Yorkshire dales

I honestly have no clue what this is but it's fairly striking

quite possibly the best accidental picture I've ever taken-this is me walking back to reposition

the actual group picture

Sailing Away

St Martin in the Fields

 this is new? this anatomically correct down to the umbilical cord carved Jesus in front of the National Gallery

 I actively love this window

 the cafe in the crypt

 the source of great excitement

medieval monuments

Beverley Minster-Roof Walk

One of the more unusual features of a visit to Beverley Minster is the Roof Tour. Sure you might have to pay for it and there're 114 (someodd) stairs but it takes you behind the scenes of the cathedral construction like nothing I've been before. You literally are walking above the vaulting (remember this is Late Gothic-these are tall vaults) getting to stare at medieval timbering and a peek at the various caretakers of the cathedral over the years.

 One of the roof windows

 When they were constructing the cathedral additions during the Victorian period, they were building on marshy ground-the sudden change of plans is visible from this half finished clerestory carving rising out of the unfinished roof

some of the lead pieces awaiting roof placement

 the last man-powered treadmill that literally lifts a boss (for transporting material from the church floor to the metal workers workshop)

 

the lifting of the boss

 a look down into the organ

 we're above the saint's burial place actually

 a joke etched on the roof window panes by a 1950s caretaker

 signatures of Beverley town elders and caretakers ranging from 1798 to modern times (in this photo)

medieval pristine timbering

Architectural Elaborations

 not visible from the street but once you cross the street you can glimpse this devil going fishing

most random snake column ever

Lost: Parrot

Bordeaux- Take 2

This time we made it to city centre

Inside Jokes- Recovering from Cyprus

Commanderia is the most delicious Cypriot drink. It has a long history and is the wine whose name is the oldest. But first, we washed off the layers of grime and dirt from the Cypriot dig.

Then Commanderia and I picked up a cute little commanderia

and went to sleep

What country am I in?

This country is very English

'tis the time