I have returned from a weekend away in Salisbury. It is a long time since my last visit, on which occasion I didn’t quite get to visit Salisbury Cathedral. On this occasion I was able venture inside and it was well worth the wait.
I am now busily sorting the photographs I took and will be posting about the holiday in the next few days. Until then, here is a photograph of the Cathedral for you to enjoy.
busily sorting the photographs
One assumes happily as well.
Sorting photos is always a chore
The finished result is a pleasure after the labours
I know how these trips are, Cherry, and all the work they entail once you get back! But so very worth it!!!
Yes always worth it in the end.
I always feel humbled when others enjoy my journeys through my photographs.
What a magnificent cathedral Cherie… it;s a bit bigger than the The Ancient Saxon Church of St Laurence….peter:)
It is just a little bit bigger than the ancient Saxon Church that you posted about
Thanks for the visit and the comment much appreciated. I know the feeling of many photos when you get back from some time away. We are off to Spain and Portugal for 3 weeks, and I am already planning not to be so finger happy as I normally am clicking away. If I do I know I will regret!! Keep well Diane
Thank you for dropping by. I hope you have a wonderful holiday, I will check out your photos when you return
Very near to my home yet I’ve never even been in Cathedral Close never mind the Cathedral itself. Mind you, it took me 60 years to get to see inside Winchester cathedral and that’s only 10 miles from me
I know what you mean about sorting through photos; I’ve taken 3501 so far and there’s another 7 days to go yet!
That is a lot of photos!! I don’t envy you sifting through all of those when you get back
Cathedrals are so photogenic, perhaps you should pay Salisbury a visit. And don’t forget Stonehenge, but pick a quiet time of day for that. It is great now they have moved the visitor centre. The old carpark site is still being worked on, but it looks MUCH better than it did before.
Oh yes, it’s pretty impressive inside the church!
Do they still “charge” visitors £6 something to enter the church?
You should visit Norwich Cathedral, its spire is much taller, bigger cloister and what’s more? It’s free! Hurray~
They ask for donations and suggest £6 but it wasn’t obligatory and you could give less if you chose too. The reason I didn’t quite visit on my previous occasion there is because Mr C objected to paying to go in. On that occasion it was obligatory.
I have not visited Norwich yet…
It will be very interesting to see your photos. Since I read “Sarum” by Edward Rutherfurd, I’ve been fascinated by Salisbury Cathedral and its environment. I even added illustrations to the book from some magazine articles. I read that it requires$360,000 a year in stonemasons’s work (and craftsmen) to maintain the ornaments, inside and out.
I hope my photos do the Cathedral justice. I am glad you enjoyed “Sarum”. I visited Stonehenge too and am quite pleased with some of the photos.
Thank God you took pics inside. I loved the cathedral but was unable to go inside as there was work being done and it was closed to the public. I did enjoy the graveyard though. Did you linger there at all?
It is just so amazing that people from that far back[and not having proper nutrition etc] could create such beautiful work. And one wonders who they erected it without scaffolding.
I can’t recall the time frame now but didn’t it take like 100 years to complete?
I didn’t find the graveyard, but I do like to visit graveyards and explore the stones…
Our early ancestors are much clever than we give the credit for. Perhaps even more clever than we are today
Look forward to seeing your photos. Sorting out photos is a chore. I had a recent trip away in mMay and came back with too many photos 1500 + (should have deleted some and loaded them every night.) Had a technical problem as a result that needed a pro computer expert to advise me.
It may surprise you but back in my railcard days, I once did a three hour trip (early afternoon) to Salisbury that included a charter rail trip to London the same day … the most miles on land that I’ve ever covered in one day. It was a fun achievement but maturity tells me now that it’s about spending quality time somewhere.
I quite enjoy sorting out my photos although I put a lot of pressure on myself to get them done immediately which of course causes a problem with time
That sounds like a really jam packed itinerary, seeing a lot but not really seeing
As you (and I) have found out spending more time somewhere leads to unexpected (less advertised) interesting gems
Beautiful picture. The cathedral looks like it is well worth a visit. I was looking for a place to follow you in the WordPress reader but couldn’t get it sorted. Am I missing something? Thanks Cherie
I think you would love Salisbury Cathedral
I am not sure what you mean about the WordPress reader, I haven’t seen that. So perhaps I am missing something?
All Wordpress comments on my Wordpress blog take me to a Gravatar profile that lists their blogs…
If you can explain a bit more perhaps we can work it out.