Whilst Ma and I have seen the Magna Carta, Baba, Sangeeta and the kids haven't had the pleasure. So I had the choice of either carting them to the BM or to Salisbury. I figured the second option would be better..nice day out as well.
Ma looking very pleased…
We reach the cathedral
Reflections…
There is the cathedral
And a little angel
For such a massive structure, it looks surprisingly delicate and airy, the flying buttresses help..
Fascinating figures of stone.
We head inside, I have already blogged about Salisbury before so am just going to show some extracts…
These two cherubs look very dyspeptic..
Baba reading about the Medieval clock…
Now there is an oops moment…
Not much left is there? 
More standards
Looking very very dirty indeed…
Normandy and Burma…
Making waves…
Chairs piled up
A scribe…a historian…
He could have done with a bit of food
An ancient altarpiece
Lighting a candle and praying to God…
Mamma Lighting the candle
Baba in front of a tomb, reminds one of Bernini’s tomb in St. Peters in Vatican
Baba admiring a very ornate tomb
The west nave
Wordsworth? 
Columns and pillars and arches..
Choir seat decorations
A bishop’s crozier decoration..
Another altar
The organ
Ma in front of a tomb
An old old gravestone
Eternal Sleep
You see the battle standards, places where this regiment has fought..
St. George defeating the dragon..
Remembering brave men
Ma heading in to see the Magna Carta, one cannot photograph inside..
Pillars, slightly out of alignment
Barrel vaulting
The courtyard
Ancient trees
Delicate tracery in stone
Repair and restoration work…
Some lovely features of the courtyard
Ma was getting tired so we decided to leave
Massive structure..but looks very airy
I asked Baba to put his arms around Ma…
And then Ma..it was painful…
Still after all these years…
Lovely green lawns..
Heading back…
laughing away
Diamond panes of glass
Famous place…
A green…
A last look back
Baba under the gate
We popped into the National Heritage shop…nice book, for Welshmen, eh?
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