Durham with Jenny and David October 11, 12, 13,

After our week in Edingburgh we took the train to Durham. Jenny and David came up from Norwich to meet us for three days.

Durham is a lovely university town with a castle and a cathedral which together have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The River Wear winds around the town.

There are lots of bridges to cross the river.

In 995 a group of monks from Lindisfarne, carrying St Cuthbert's body, chose the Durham’s position on the high, strategic peninsula to build a church to house St Cuthbert's shrine.

Our first visit was to the Durham Museum and Heritage Centre in the historic church of St Mary-Le-Bow.

Inside the museum.

This model shows how the river runs around the hill and thus made an excellent strong hold for the town.

This poor little boy was a common sight around about in the 1950's or so.

The St Nicholas' church, in the Durham Market Place.

Bill, Jenny and David in the Market Place.

Doors to the Victorian Market Hall.

Durham has beautiful flower displays all over the town.

The Durham Cathedral from the front, in Romanesque architectural style. It was founded in its current form in 1092.

Part of the side of the Cathedral.

The ribbed vaulting in the nave.

Clock inside the Cathedral.

The font.

A modern stained glass version of the Last Supper.

A crypt.

Looking through the cloisters.

In the undercroft there is scale representation of the Cathedral being made from 350,000 Lego bricks.

Jenny makes a donation and places a brick.

View from the top of the castle mound.

Cross in the grounds.