title A Tour of the Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk - 2nd December 2023 intro Isobel's off to Norwich to do a first aid course at St. John Ambulance on King Street, so there are a few hours to kill whilst that happens. A walk around, starting at the dodgy bits around Rose Lane, ends up in Norwich Cathedral, where a guided tour is about to take place. Having been to the cathedral possibly hundreds of times over the years, but having never done the tour, it seems like a good idea to do one. It's super-interesting too, and reveals lots of details never before seen and stories never before heard. After the tour, the walk continues around to the mediaeval Cow Tower, and then into the city via the subterranean gloom of the subway under St. Stephen's Street. imgp9650 Derelict-looking buildings on Rose Lane imgp9651 Some sort of old garage on Rose Lane imgp9654 The old Peppermint Park nightclub imgp9658 Wheelie bins by a manky door imgp9660 Looking up Prince of Wales Road imgp9661 Another look at the old Railway Mission imgp9663 The Prince of India seems frozen in time imgp9664 The old Prince of India restaurant imgp9673 There's a nice old car outside the Maid's Head imgp9675 The spire of the Cathedral disappears into the mist imgp9681 A window depicting the life of Julian of Norwich imgp9683 The oldest part of the cathedral, from 1096 imgp9685 Fragments of mediaeval wall paintings imgp9687 The treasury ceiling imgp9688 The High Altar in the chancel imgp9689 Gothic windows and roof over Norman arches imgp9692 The Choir, and the cathedral's organ imgp9696 Modern blue-and-yellow stained glass imgp9697 Nice modern glass along an aisle imgp9702 The Milennium window, and the north transept imgp9704 The restored C19th nave window imgp9705 Looking west along the nave imgp9706 Another nice stained glass window imgp9709 Orange and purple light along the aisle imgp9714 Re-purposed Rowntree factory vessels imgp9716 Some of the 1000+ mediaeval ceiling bosses imgp9721 The parting of the Red Sea as a ceiling boss imgp9723 One of the few Tudor-decorated chantries imgp9726 The origin story of the cathedral, in wall art imgp9727 Some of the 15th century misericords imgp9728 An interpretation of an unseen pelican as a lecturn imgp9732 A Union flag from the Napoleonic wars imgp9733 The late-C14th Despenser Retable imgp9737 Three possible seating positions in the cloisters imgp9738 Jesus on the cross in the cloisters imgp9745 Pull's Ferry on the River Wensum imgp9746 Classic view of Pull's Ferry and the C12th slipway imgp9750 The cathedral behind the grammar school rugby pitch imgp9751 The Red Lion pub on Bishopgate imgp9752 The C14th Bishop Bridge at Bishopgate imgp9754 A Fast-Fit garage on Riverside Road imgp9756 The mediaeval Cow Tower imgp9757 Inside Cow Tower imgp9762 Edith Cavell's grave outside the cathedral imgp9764 Cool 1950s building on St. Andrew's Street imgp9765 A derelict shop on Swan Lane imgp9766 Patisserie Valerie is falling apart imgp9769 The old puppet guy does his thing outside Lloyds imgp9772 The Salvation Army is playing on Gentleman's Walk imgp9777 The Sally Army band on Gentleman's Walk imgp9778 Not much is happening on the Haymarket imgp9779 Graffiti on Orford Place imgp9780 Debenhams grows increasingly derelict imgp9783 A 1960s hold-out on St. Stephen's Street imgp9784 The eyesore that is St. Stephen's car park imgp9786 A 1920s building on Chapelfield Road imgp9790 Pineapples on the St. Stephen's subway imgp9791 A grimy subway intersection imgp9793 More graffiti in an underpass imgp9796 Tattered posters on a subway wall imgp9797 A lurid Chinese supermarket on Queen's Road imgp9798 A remnant of the old Norwich Union imgp9799 Another 50s office block on All Saints Green imgp9801 The curious 1930s building is still there imgp9804 An old building is absorbed by the modern imgp9805 Paradise Place isn't really imgp9806 The church of St. Julian, and the hermit cell imgp9807 The graffiti'd derelict shop in King Street imgp9808 Isobel's in the St. John Ambulance HQ imgp9809 A cool 1937 stone in a building imgp9811 A painted dinosaur in Castle Mall imgp9814 A horse and a duck in a courtyard imgp9815 Isobel waits outside a kebab shop imgp9819 The house looks like we've done it up for halloween imgp9827 The boys find some ice in the side field imgp9829 Fred shows off some cool sculpted ice imgp9831 The boys run off into the mist