187 Saturday 19th August 2023 Carlisle

 This  trip  was  again  a  consequence  of  us  having  a  weekend away  at  Green  View  Lodges, Welton. Simon  and  I  decided  to  go  into  Carlisle  on  the  Saturday. We  parked  up  near  the  castle.


We  walked  across  the  footbridge  linking  the  castle  to  the  town  which  gave  a  good  view over  towards  the  cathedral.


It  was quite  breezy  on  the  bridge.


We  decided  to  look  round  the  Cathedral.


We  admired  the  painted  panels  which  I  didn't  remember  from  a  previous  visit.


We  visited  the Treasury  to  see  the  ecclesiastical  valuables  of  the  diocese.



We  admired  the  East  Window, the  top  part  of  which dates  from 1350.


I  can't  actually  remember  what  was  going  on  here  apart  from  Simon  finding  his usual  excuse  to  sit  down.


After  the  Cathedral  we  went  to  the  Market  Hall  where  I  bought  a  new  watch strap.  We  then  went  to  a  record  shop  where3  Simon bought  a  vinyl  copy  of  Stereophonics' debut  LP.
We  then  had  lunch  at  a  chip  shop cafe.


After  lunch  we  went  in  the  Tullie  House  Museum. We  viewed  the  skeleton  of  a  VBronze  age  man.


Simon  sat  down  in  a  replica  railway  carriage.



We  were  impressed  by  a  whale  skeleton.


There  was  a  good  view  of  the  castle  from  the  top  floor.


We  then  returned  to  our  lodge  for  tea.


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