Archive for the tag 'York Minster'

On Monday I returned from a mini break in York, walking the glass trail, the walls and exploring the city beyond.
We returned home to find that we had an electrical problem, part of the electrics were off and the fridge and freezer had defrosted. We reset the trip switch but it tripped several times [...]

20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2020

This mid 15th century carving shows the Virgin being taught to read by her mother. It is carved from Derbyshire stone and retains some of its original paint. *

*from a signboard next to the carving

2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2018

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2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 2018

We had breakfast early so that we could get to York Minster in plenty of time to get a good seat in the central part of the nave, ready for the Easter morning Eucharist service. We found it odd that the first person that greeted us was a Policeman; York minster has its own police [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 9th 2018

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin.
Mother Teresa

6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2018

We went to breakfast a little later than the previous day. Consequently the breakfast room was more crowded due to it being a bank holiday Saturday.

After breakfast we made our way to Barley Hall. I stopped to take some photos along the way and Mr C and my mum carried on ahead. By the time [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2018

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