Holly’s sabbatical 2013
Walking & Drawing in England & Scotland
A prayer from St. Bede for the sabbatical
Ready to go!
Londonfrom the roof restaurant of the National Portrait Gallery
First sketch of the sabbatical, passing time in the Vodafone store!
Sloane Square fountain – striving for perspective
My first Eucharist in England at the great 19th century Arts-&-Crafts Movement church,
Holy Trinity, Sloane Square
St. Kyneburgha’s, Castor, PeterboroughOur great-grandmother’s baptism happened here in 1879
My siblings and their spouses honor our grandmother Aglae Lyman’s new headstone
The Rev. Canon William Burke with our great-grandmother’s baptism register;Her family’s 17th century home, Castor House
The Castor House Dovecote
Peterborough Cathedral for evensong
On to Oundle, Northamptonshire to walk the Nene Way
Signing into the Nene Way
Public footpath leads to the Saxon church at Cotterstock
Quiet moods of the Oundle River
St. Peter’s threshold, inside & out
The Ship Inn, a good pub
And good pub food! Lancashire sausage & mashed, and berry pudding with custard
Sky? Or water on the Oundle?
Canal boat navigates the lock on the Nene
The Elizabethan Gallery at the Talbot Hotel
Peterborough train station café
The medieval city of York
The ancient walls of York
The York Shambles
The Cathedral & University town of Durham
Outside the Cathedral Close – St. Mary the Less for Evening Prayer
The Castle holds the University
Evensong with the girls’ choir @ Durham Cathedral nave & the encircling River Wear
Moods of the Wear River
Stairs replace streets.. And I sketch them at the restaurant at the top
Walking the River Wear to Crook Hall
Sheep & June grain along the River Wear
The blessed Godric’s hermitage on the River Wear
On To Edinburgh to sing Handel ode
Arthur’s Seat and the view of Edinburgh from the top
Two Sundays at St. Giles Cathedral & the Royal Mile
Georgian Edinburgh New Town: Scotland St.
Old Town Edinburgh and trying for New Town perspective
A trip to Fife: St. Andrews medieval pilgrimage site
A passerby takes a snap… and on to Falkland Palace
Greyfriars Bobby Pub and Rehearsal with LA Master Chorale’s Grant Gershon
Handel’s L’Allegro ed il Pensieroso at Greyfriars Kirk…& two happy sopranos
Princes Street Gardens & tea at the National Gallery
Farewell to Edinburgh
From Edinburgh to Iona, across Scotland
On to retreat on the island of Iona
Arriving on Iona off the ferry
The ferry as I saw it from my hotel window
Iona Abbey & village from the Iona “I”
St. Columba’s Bay on Iona, and in my interpretation
Iona Abbey, prayers at 9 AM and 9 PM daily
The island of Staffa
Puffins & basalt columns on Staffa
Fingal’s Cave
The Iona “I” from the water
Bishop’s House chapel
Prayer in the Abbey chapel
Abbey altar
The side aisle of the Abbey
Iona the last morning
Crossing Mull & Highlands Scotland
A glimpse of Glasgow: Charles Rennie MackintoshThe Lighthouse The Mackintosh Rose
Glasgow School of Art
Back to County Durham
Hardwick Country Park, County Durham
Newcastle upon Tyne – the Sage Theatre
Durham City again
Durham Castle from Silver St. bridge
Durham skyline from the Wear River
Lastingham Church on the North Yorkshire moors
12th century crypt chapel opens in the nave center aisle
Chanted Vespers at Ampleforth Abbey Benedictine monastery in North Yorkshire
Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire
Hiking in Weardale, County Durham
Lindisfarne Island
Lindisfarne Castle & garden, and Holly on the shore
Lindisfarne Abbey
St. Cuthbert’s Hermitage & chapel in the village
Fish N Chips
Angel of the North, Gateshead, County Durham
Escomb Church: the oldest Saxon church in England
On to Swaledale, Yorkshire, via Eden Valley, Cumbria
Draycott Hall & the Coach House, Fremington
Swale River in Swaledale, Yorkshire
Hiking in Swaledale
Enroute to a lead-mining camp on the moors
Looking across the dale at Fremington Edge
Lead-smelting mining camp
The upland moors and an Iron Age fort overlooking Swaledale
Across the ancient stepping stones on the Swale and up the Nuns’ Causey (Causeway)
St. Andrew’s Grinton, Swaledale, inside & out
Ancient convent, Marrick Priory, has become an outdoor center for urban kids
Mine tailings up on Fremington Edge
Views over Reeth and down Swaledale from Fremington Edge
Ancient walls, ancient tree
Muker from above
St. Mary’s Elizabethan church, and view down the Swale above the town
The Swale above Muker, en route to Keld and the top of the dale
Coming into Keld, at the top of Swaledale
Evening over Bolton Castle in Wensleydale