Day 10 - Wells, Somerset

Rain, rain, rain and strong, damaging winds. Today was a visit to Wells where the weather forecast was for fine patches!

We drove there in the rain, we parked the car in the rain, and we walked to the centre of town in the rain, but when we were standing in front of the cathedral the sun came out. So we decided to walk to Vicars' Close. (Wikipedia - Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England is claimed to be the oldest purely residential street with its original buildings all surviving intact in Europe. John Julius Norwich calls it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century". It comprises numerous Grade 1 listed buildings, comprising 27 residences (originally 44), built for Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury.)

Vicars' Close

Lesley & Denise at Vicars' Close

Denise being medieval

Wells is noted for its swans that ring a bell to get fed. All around the town (sorry, city) are swan sculptures celebrating the Diamond Jubilee.

"Guinevere" on the Palace moat

"Up Before the Beak" 
outside the solicitors' office.

So on to the cathedral and while we were in there it started to rain again. The choir was singing in the cathedral and it was quite lovely. Then it was afternoon tea time and we had that at the Bishop's Palace. The rain was really heavy by this time.

Moat around the Bishop's Palace