Coventry Cathedral

In response to the four day Easter weekend (but not necessarily in response to the religious nature of the weekend) Simon and I took a wander around the bombed Coventry Cathedral and its art-deco replacement next door. The beauty really lay in the dampened skies opening up for the bank holiday Monday, allowing for a serene stroll around Coventry's only tourist attraction (save the new Ikea nearby) before gorging ourselves on crosswords on the drive back to Bury St Edmunds.

Actually the whole weekend was nice. On Friday, following the news of an imminent MOT failure, we took a family trip into Norfolk to view a potential replacement. Really I was viewing this as an excuse to kick off the snow boots and put the first summer clothes into action as the sun shone its core out and we enjoyed coffee and cake in Swaffham on the way back. Not much here but a few local accents and a Catholic church parade, but certainly worth the kitsch café and the stop-over home.

Met Simon and Charlie for some house party action at mutual university friend John's digs in London on Friday night, leaving the weekend free for Simon and me to marvel at Leamington Spa's closed shops.

Going to Portugal tomorrow.

-- Old Cathedral --

-- New Cathedral --

-- Mixing old and new? --

-- Tea and cakes in Swaffham --