York and on to Inverness

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York and on to Inverness

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July 2nd 2007 This morning we stopped back in the center of town to see York Minster before leaving for Inverness. There has been a church of some kind at that spot since 927, and the current Minster was started in 1472 (it took them 250 years to complete!).
I t was another day of periods of gorgeous sunshine and blue skies, then, 10 minutes later, pouring rain and overcast skies with almost black clouds.
The Minster was awe-inspiring - the scale of everything is huge. In the center hall, you could fit an 18-story building! Celia, Christopher and Jeff climbed 275 steps of a TINY stone spiral staircase to get to the top of the building and check out the view. When we left the bottom it was sunny - it was raining when we got to the roof.
Then the 7 1/2 hour drive to Inverness. Gorgeous scenery along the way, but too busy driving to stop to take pictures.
Tuesday - Loch Ness!

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Photos

Stained glass window
There are immense windows like this everywhere throughout the building: the most of any catherdral in Britain.

From the West Transept
looking through the central hall to the East Transept

The Ceiling from the Central Hall
It is way, way up there!

View from the roof
If you listen closely you can hear me panting after all those steps.

Comments

[Mother Dear]

Pics
These are awesome pics!!! Ya think OUR ancestors are over there?? LMAO!