Our September Trip begins

It is mid-September and we have just returned from our trip to the British New Testament Conference and to Devon, Cornwall and Wales. Thankfully, we had hired a car for the journey as we returned with far more stuff than we left with. The heavily discounted books at the conference were just too tempting, and Elizabeth found lots of things to buy for Christmas presents in Wales. So with our little car packed to the roof, we arrived back in Cambridge last night.

We stopped on our way to Exeter to view Coventry Cathedral, on the recommendation of one of our church friends. It was most interesting, as it had a new building side by side with the stone shell of the old building, which had been mostly destroyed in the bombing of WW2. The juxtaposition of the two formed quite a unique streetscape. We also went on a tour of the Guild Hall, a Tudor building which had been restored. These pictures show the two cathedrals side by side; John in the old cathedral; Elizabeth outside the new cathedral; and the Guildhall viewed from the gallery inside.