Sunday, August 25, 2013

Ripon And Cathedral

After Fountains Abbey we spent the night and most of the next day on the canal at Ripon. I walked into town the next day for parts and provisions and happened to pass the cathedral. I never pass a cathedral.
Just outside our window, the Ripon canal














I was going to watch this guy do the lock thing, but then
remembered how tedious and boring it is...















Main street, Ripon, en route to the Sainsbury's...














Ripon cathedral is not one of the famous ones; still worth a
look














The central tower crashed down in the 15th century, taking
most of the nave with it; which was subsequently rebuilt in
a style not exactly matching the Norman chancel
















In the locally-carved choir














North-side misericord: Lewis Carroll's father was a canon of
this cathedral, and it is conjectured that this scene, a griffin
or somesuch chasing rabbits down a hole, might have made
an important impression on young Lewis

















Extreme close-up of rabbit going down a hole (right)














The hand sticking out of the organ loft made
an impression on me...



















Southwest view

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