Beauty in the Land

I drove to Skipton on Tuesday for a job interview and I saw the most beautiful country on the drive over.  I am highly suspicious that there maybe something in the water, or maybe some kind of bewitching, or maybe even a Yorkshire blood transfusion given me in the night without my knowledge.   Reason tells me that surely I have seen country as beautiful, I mean I've travelled the world!  But when I'm looking at it, my sentiment cannot conceive a landscape more magnificent.  I should have the accent by October then…

Photo Credit:
Yorkshire.com

Our first accidental discovery in Leeds

On Saturday, we head into Leeds to top up Dr. My Beloved Wife's teaching attire, and we just happened upon the St John the Evangelist's Church building having its 350th anniversary.  It is loaded with restored 17th century woodwork and has a very interesting double nave/chancel interior.  I have never seen anything like it.  My beloved pointed out that if it were not for the Great Fire and the Blitz, all those churches in London would have their interiors intact like this one... mind officially blown.  The stained glass is 19th century and includes a memorial of the man who financed the building of the church sneaking gold hidden in a tankard into Charles I whilst he was being held prisoner in Leeds.  Considering the circumstances, I wonder if he wasn't better off with the ale?

Photo Credits

The Churches Conservation Trust

Car

We are no longer in London and I am going to need a car to work, so I went to a Jaguar dealership...

and got a Vauxhall Corsa!

Photo Credit: Tasker & Lacy