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Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Worcester

Tewkesbury Abbey - looking towards the altar and choir

Maddie, Julie and Tracie in Tewkesbury Abbey, where we sang on Sunday the 8.

Tewkesbury Abbey

The Severn River in Tewkesbury. We ate lunch here before heading off to Gloucester. We ate at the corner of the Bloody Field. (A battle from the War of the Roses)

Gloucester Cathedral. We saw the Three Choirs Festival there (Evensong on Sunday night). It was AMAZING.
Below, we ate at The New Inn after Evensong in Gloucester. The new in was built a long time ago for people on pilgrimage to the Cathedral.

We got to visit the library at Worcester (above the Nave). We saw many old books and pages, dating back into the 10th century!

We were singing for King John. He was right in front of the altar. He wanted his tomb to be in the middle of St. Oswald and St Wulfston (two bishops who had a lot to do with the building of the cathedral). Unfortunately, during the Reformation, their tombs were destroyed, but John's stayed. To the right of the altar, there is another tomb - Prince Arthur's (Henry VIII's older brother). This cathedral was probably not destroyed in the 1540s because of Arthur's tomb.

The Altar at Worcester Cathedral

The Tower of Worcester Cathedral from the courtyard inside the Cloister (where the Monks would have lived)

This is the view from where Julie and Tracie sit in the Choir. (Towards the Nave, where a sports exhibition is going on)

The Choir practicing room.

Tracie, Julie and Maddie at the top of the Cathedral Choir

After the coach window broke when we first arrived at Fownes Hotel. People were getting pictures before running inside to get the glass out of their clothes.

The shattered glass from the back window.