Following a street map, there is time to visit the Chapel of Mary Magdalen, also known as The Leper Chapel. It looks interesting. The medieval Chapel is grade 1 listed and has stood on the northern edge of the city for over 900 years. It has seen little change over those years. It was built about 1135 as part of a small community because it offered hospitality.
If you click on this to enlarge it, you should be able to read it.
Tim Barber has written a very interesting blog post about the Leper Chapel. You can read it here. Also in Wikipedia. I loved the simplicity of it, I could see me setting up home here. A kitchen in one corner, a toilet in another corner, and a bed in the third corner.
Then it was time to go back to the car. I needed to eat. A few more campervans have arrived. £2 for a 24 hour park, it is surely a bargain. The lady in the blue VW camper was good fun. Her mates arrived and they all went off to the town.
Time to get dinner on.
It starts getting dark about 9pm now. I was happy to go to bed at that time, after a busy day. Wonder what tomorrow will bring. I studied the map and made a plan. See you soon. Toodle pip. ilona
Good morning from Australia, thank you for the tour of Ripon Cathederal and the church of St Mary Magdelane, just stunning, if those walls could talk, oh the tales they could tell, amazing to think those buildings have been around for 900 odd years, your couscous tea sounded nice, I love your free spirit, just stopping and camping where ever, the old posts you included sound just like what is happening here in Australia at the moment, there is record homelessness, and the cost of living is becoming more unafordable each day, so our new labour government thinks they will bring in at least 40000 overseas workers, yet we have so many people unemployed, the older you get the harder it is to get a job, and just read Klaus and his gang are talking about microchipping children, for their safety, that stinks of what nazi Germany did all those years ago, but I.m not worried I too can see what is happening with their so called new world order, I have more veggies to plant and see a bright future being a non conformist, keep up the fight for freedom people, regards Elizabeth from down under.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to learn bell-ringing!
ReplyDeleteI am quite liking the idea. Our bell ringing practice is on a Thursday. I might go and have a look at that.
DeleteThat's a lovely little Chapel, I like old buildings, the older the better, it's like going back in time. Imagine standing there for 900 years! If only those stones could tell the stories of things they've seen!
ReplyDeleteLiz from Wales.
Hello Liz. The old buildings certainly have lots of character.
DeleteLovely little chapel
ReplyDeleteI felt really at home there. I don't need any fancy fixtures and fittings.
DeleteGood morning from Australia, thank you for the tour of Ripon Cathederal and the church of St Mary Magdelane, just stunning, if those walls could talk, oh the tales they could tell, amazing to think those buildings have been around for 900 odd years, your couscous tea sounded nice, I love your free spirit, just stopping and camping where ever,
ReplyDeleteHello elizabeth. My wanderlust is a throwback from the years of lorry driving I did. I didn't have the freedom to go wherever I pleased, but as long as the load was delivered I could choose which route to take. Thank you for your comment, I have edited it.
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