Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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After Bolton Abbey it wasn’t quite time to return to Malham, so there was a little detour through the countryside (see previous post) and a chance encounter along the way – Brimham Rocks:
Brimham Rocks is an amazing natural landscape, formed over millions of years. The dramatic rocky outcrops left by this process have shaped [...]
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
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Taken from the tearoom whilst enjoying a nice cup of tea.
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Bolton Hall can be seen opposite The Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert. The hall is built around the original archway that led to Bolton Priory. It is part of the Duke of Devonshire’s estate.
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Most stone altars were removed from Anglican churches during the reformation so it is remarkable that this one has remained in tact. When the priory was restored in the 1980s this stone was recognised as being a former alter stone. It had at one time been used as a tombstone and the large square that [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2011
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Despite Henry VIII’s systematic destruction of the monasteries the nave survived in tact allowing the local people to continue to worship there:
What a debt we owe, however, to Prior Moone, who, with great foresight, made pastoral provision for the 200 or so people who worshipped in the nave by securing that nave intact for them [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2011
