This Cathedral was commenced in 1069 with the building of the crypts (which we visited) and chapels and totally completed 11 years later.

The finished Cathedral as you see it now is a combination of three styles the first is the Romanesque/Norman, the second The Early English and the last Perpendicular.

This morning we went to the village of Pitsford-Brampton to a Vintage fair which had a combination of steam power, vintage cars and trucks, canival rides and sale stalls.

From here we went to the great City of Oxford a seat of learning and education from the 1300s

We travelled by car to outer Oxford to catch a double decker bus to the City.

View from top of bus. (very scary)

How old are these buildings! the tower is the oldest building in Oxford called the Saxon Tower 1020ad

So much to see so little time
We decided to visit the Assyrian.

The Egyptian.

The Greek.

The above with Robbie is the head of a column of the pathenon to give you and idea of the size of the building.
The medieval.

We finished this Lords day by going to church at Wellingborough Tabernacle.

The reason for this trip was that we where going to London to visit the Tower of London (which is actually a castle and a number of towers)

For this special occation London turn on a typical english summers day, starting with a constant drizzle and ending with rain.

So what do you get to see in the Tower of London? A place that explains the making of coins, a Kings chamber, A place that explains the 'Royal Menagerie' (zoo), torture chambers, prisons boat houses, The headquarters of the Welsh Fusliers, the white Tower which houses the Royal Armoury and the centre piece of the hole thing the 'Crown Jewels'

We could not leave London without going to Elephant & Castle

To see the Metropolitan Tabernacle Church the church of Charles Haddon Spurgeon the Baptist 'Prince of Preachers'

Spending time in the herb garden with Richard Marie's Dad watching him do a stock take. Next Vera took us for lunch at the Beckworth Emporium in Sywell which was wonderfull, then looked at all the local produce. We saw our first grey squirrel! From there we went to a shopping centre at Western Favell to see Tesco super store (massive). Here I experienced my first Mocha in a super hugh cup which was bought as a medium. Then we drove around Northampton City one word strikes me about this place atmosphere this place just oozes atmosphere, and finished at the "Daily Bread Shop" an organic ingredients shop. Thence to Moulton to see a genuine thatched roof and an old telephone box converted to a book exchange. We finished off the day at "the pub" called the Royal Oak for a typical pub dinner, on offer was Scampy, pork belly, Camembert, lasagna and Parmesan chicken

RICHARD BAXTER

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