Ely Cathedral & Harvest Festival

Just got back from a lovely weekend in Ely, Cambridgeshire.  We actually stayed in Stretham, a tiny village close by, in a lovely pub called the Red Lion which did the most fab food and had the best barmen in the world working there.  Only snag was the WiFi connection did not reach to our bedroom so I had to use it in the bar (much to the amusement of one of the locals).

When we arrived in Ely we went to the local market and I fell in love with this stall - look at the bread and then at the cakes.  Yum Yum Yum!

... and the ice cream van.

An d now to the Cathedral - this is a display in the outside entrance

and inside we have

Sheep ... and ...

 Hens

I like the idea of this Prayer Net

When the Cathedral was built Ely was an island in a sea of rivers and swamps.  fishing formed an important part of peoples' livelihood.  We were asked to take a piece of wool and fasten it into the net as a symbol of our renewed determination to follow Jesus whatever the cost.

Below is an impressive display of produce from the farming community...

... and these are just some of the wonderful floral displays that adorned every single pillar in the Cathedral

In the Lady Chapel they had a display entitled "Old Macdonalds Farm" - something for the children.  You can hopefully imagine how large it was from this photograph.  Sorry about the blue tinge, I forgot to change the setting.

Here it is in more detail ...

Complete with Old Macdonald

Who had his pint and food to hand

There was even a duck pond

And one other famous face was there, in the Cathedral

Do you know who he is?

I had better leave it there for tonight, might get a bit more done tomorrow or the day afterwards - hope I am not boring you all.  Night (yawn) night.