Pictures from Melrose Abbey taken on the way up to Scotland at end of July
This wasn’t the first abbey in Melrose; the earlier abbey, of which Cuthbert was an abbot, was about 2 miles east of the current site.
Looking up the quire to the amazingly delicate east window.
The monastery fell into decline in the 16th C and part of the abbey was converted to a parish church at the start of the 17th C. Clearly their faith didn’t extend to the ancient stonework, and the undelicate chunky vaulting was added to the original Gothic architecture.
The transepts.
(L) North transept from above. (R) The cloisters.
(L) Part of the sophisticated drainage system, with the Commendator’s House to the right, (R) flowers growing in the abbey grounds.
The nave of the abbey, with its fantastic carvings, including a not-terribly-convincing bagpipe-playing pig.
The centre of the small town of Melrose.
A couple of pictures from a walk in the Hebden Bridge area: (L) cricket players and (R) washing lines out in the streets.
Swinsty reservoir [53 58 32 N, 1 42 8 W].
The delightful Washburn Heritage Centre on the banks of the reservoir.