I was finally able to see the inside of Bath Abbey. Last time I went it was being used for university graduation services. It was definitely worth going back to see.
Carvings and graffiti. A mark from the original Masons, a date and a Memento Mori.
Bristol is my staging post to fly to Toulouse, so it’s always a good place to spend a few days. It has some great street art (home of Banksy). I got to see some being made…. well it’s really an ad for a new beer being made by the wonderful Ostrich Hotel.
I also got to finally visit the Bristol M Shed. It’s a relaxed, informal museum about Bristol. I was very interested to see the exhibit on street protests. In this case it was about the lack of disabled access to the new Arnolfini Art Gallery cafe.
I’m finally on the road again, after sheltering for the past three years. I’ve just started to look at the photos I’ve made in the last three weeks. These will do to get started.
I was in Narbonne, the first Roman settlement in France. These are casts from a funerary enclosure, so either a chapel or a tomb. I can’t find too much more about them as yet. The site is still being dug by archeologists. The stones seem to celebrate life…. fruit and flowers, drinking and dancing. I’d like to think that the person portrayed was an entertainer.
Two views from my hotel window. Newton, Sydney, Australia.
Somebody seems to be reading their way through my many posts. Welcome!
Despite the rains, the garden thrives. The cactus took it badly, but the wood fungus is really ornamental.
The Ambitious Drifter 