Holy Rood - Barnsley at George Street, Barnsley, South Yorksire S70 1AX UK - FATHER BOYLE'S PAGE

.Here are a few more photos of my recent trip, with Fr Tony, to Winchester and Ross on Wye. 

This is a view of the Wye Valley with Ross in the background:



Inside St Albans some amazing mediaeval paintings on the pillars:



The statues behind the altar are more modern (made of latex,) and include Charles de Foucauld, Maximillian Kolbe and Oscar Romero.



This is a section of a tapestry telling the story of St Albans:



and another ancient clock, (rebuilt from a 13th Century plan,) showing the stars the sun and the phases of the moon . I have added arrows to indicate the last two.


 
 This is a nice informal statue of Sir Edward Elgar (and myself,) outside Hereford Cathedral



Then Fr Tony with  our hostess in Winchester and and Terry Morris
who writes occasional articles for Catholic Life. Both are, like Elgar above, keen cyclists.





Then one of the many attractive little villages in Hampshire.



If you have seen Antony Gormleys statues at Crosby near Liverpool, you might be interested in this
one by the same sculptor in the ancient crypt beneath Winchester cathedral.  The crypt floods
regularly and the statue, (life size and modelled on he sculptor himself,)  gets a regular immersion.



This is the oldest clock in the country.  It is in Salsbury and it just rings bells; there is no clockface.



Here is the very beautiful Baptismal Font in the same cathedral. It is like  a flat shape of black marble with water covering the surface and flowing from the 4 corners; (a reference to the rivers of Eden?,)
and reflects the windows.



This, in the Great Hall in Winchester, is supposed to be King Arthur's Round Table.  If you believe that......



And here is a nice clock in Gloucester with figures representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales striking the hour on the four bells.




And who said mobile pones are a recent invention? Look closely at this chap.





And that looks suspiciously like a cricket bat being wielded by a lady, to the discomfiture of th gent on the floor, on a misericord in Winchester Cathedral.




And, on a more serious note,  this is what a hanging tabernacle was like in a mediaeval cathedral.




This was a more than life-size Jesse Tree in Abergavenny.  It was carved out of a single huge oak tree and had originally carved branches growing from the bosom of Jesse with representations of David and some of the family.  It is from 13th Century and now only Jesse remains.




Finally, a picture of St Albans Cathedral on a beautiful Autumn morning. 



It was a very enjoyable ten days; but is is good to be home.

God bless you all.

Fr. Terry Boyle.

P.S.  I have a lot more photos of cathedrals etc  which I might put on the webpage later.

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