Durham

As we won't be seeing each other for a while I thought I'd put some of my photos from our recent trip to Durham on here.  

They were mainly taken in the cathedral which was magnificent.

The Millenium Window representing the local community.

A modern stained glass window.

Sarah & I spent a lot of time looking at this fascinating window which is made up of pieces of broken medieval stained glass.  

A modern embroidered piece representing the life of St Cuthbert.  The blue is the sea and the other colours, including those on the back wall panels, are the land.  The motifs sewn on are animals he would have seen and some of his belongings, like a quill and ink.  

A close up of the sea and beach motifs.

A close up of the land motifs.

A view of the castle and the hills beyond, from the top of the cathedral tower.

We also had an interesting tour of the castle.  

In the castle courtyard.

The square drainpipes decorated with the Prince Bishop's shield and other motifs caught my eye.  This was the earliest one I saw.  

We had a really good trip but next time we go anywhere in February we won't be leaving  our hats, gloves and scarves at home!