The Cathedral Tour: Salisbury

The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Continuing my tour along towards the south west, I found myself travelling alone. After a month away from home (walking in Cornwall ahead of our 'pilgrimage'), Jill was understandably longing for the familiar, and hopped on the plane back to Atlanta. Travelling (and visiting) alone would be a different kind of experience.

I arrived at Salisbury Cathedral just minutes before Evensong began, when one of the chapter clergy was welcoming people and mentioning people and issues for prayer. Wessex Cantorum led the singing to a full quire.

I returned the next morning to look at the cloister (stunning- though Salisbury, like so many  Cathedrals at this time, is undergoing major renovation work), get up close to the
prisoner of conscience windows and admire the beautiful modern font.


The Prisoner of Conscience Window,
inspired by a previous Dean, Sidney Hall Evans


There was also an exhibition of sculptures by Helene Blumenfeld entitled 'Messengers of the Spirit' which I found both fascinating and baffling. A small 'reflective guide' helped (a booklet, not a person!).

It was lovely to visit the location of Susan Howatch's 'Starbridge' series of novels which I have loved since I first read them in over a decade ago. Ghosts of the Dean and Venetia lingered, and I almost forgot this was where John was ordained deacon in 1986...