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.
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| Just outside our window, the Ripon canal |
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I was going to watch this guy do the lock thing, but then
remembered how tedious and boring it is... |
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| Main street, Ripon, en route to the Sainsbury's... |
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Ripon cathedral is not one of the famous ones; still worth a
look |
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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 |
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| In the locally-carved choir |
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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 |
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| Extreme close-up of rabbit going down a hole (right) |
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The hand sticking out of the organ loft made
an impression on me... |
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| Southwest view |
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