Ripon
Visited Sun 23 Apr
Glorious sunny spring afternoon and a visiting choir was practising in the cathedral. Bought a bookmark as usual but didn’t notice it commemorated the Queen’s 80th birthday 2 days earlier rather than being a souvenir of the cathedral! Late 15th c misericords include one depicting a griffon chasing a rabbit down a hole - supposed to have been the inspiration behind Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll’s father was a canon here).
Posted by Neil Weston
Powered by CuteNews