Ely Cathedral

[poliphilo]

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[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

One of my favourite places in the world and I don't say that lightly. I could very happily retire to Ely ...I visit there at least twice a year.
And the Cathedral is indescribably lovely both inside and out.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

This was only my second visit.

And the sun came out just when I needed it to.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

You don't see hand carved stone buildings going up much anymore.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The Hindus are still putting them up. There's an incredibly elaborate white marble temple just down the road from where my daughter used to live in Leicester.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it we have one too. But I wonder whether they are hand carved stone, or made by computer controlled pneumatic robots.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well I don't really know, but I like to think there are still craftsmen producing work in that tradition.

[sovay]

Ely Cathedral

I always connect Ely Cathedral with a really weird children's book I read when young. I've never been there.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I associate it with Tom's Midnight Garden- where the characters skate down the River Ouse to Ely.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

I do love Ely. Will you be visiting any of the fenland churches with angels roofs?

Nine

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Sadly not. We were only there briefly-on the way to somewhere else. Last night we were in Derbyshire. Tonight we'll be in Warrington.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

How beautiful. It's so utterly different to the Wessex cathedrals and minsters - it might almost be in another country...

Wish I could get there one day!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ely's unlike any other cathedral in the country- at least on the outside. Inside it's the usual winning combination of romanesque and gothic.

[irenegro.livejournal.com]

Wonderful picture! Amazing architecture and gentle spring mood, thanks to the azure sky.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

The sun came out for about an hour- and it was (from my point of view) the right hour.