Still Striving For that Elusive Halo

I had never been to Salisbury Cathedral before and what a joy it was, even though our visit was somewhat rushed. It is a splendid example of Medieval architecture, and the start of the restoration to the once colourful roof reminds me of an old fashioned carousel, in a good not a bad way, in case you were wondering.

One of the joys for me at least was the number of angels, both inside and out, here are just a few examples.

The rederos in the Chapel of St Michael and All Angels is magnificent!

We paid a quick visit to the chapter house too - no photographs allowed in there - one of the original copies of the Magna Carta is housed in that grand setting, the document itself however is small and rather unassuming. One day I hope to get back and spend some more time there.

On several occasions I have gone past this bird, which hovers over the traffic going back and forth on the A120 in Essex, but last time we finally got around to making the short detour of going to see it.

The grey steely skies gave it a very threatening feeling as if it could take off at any moment - there had not long been a thunderstorm and another one was brewing - why it was put there I didn’t find out as the weather put us off walking up the small hill, next time maybe.