Trip to England, February 2002

A brief reconciliation service is held each noon at the alter in the destroyed cathedral. The cross is from the burned roof beams. Hopefully the World Trade Center memorial will be as moving.

The back of the destroyed Coventry Cathedral, with the tower on the left. The steeple on the right is a nearby church that survived the attack.

There were two smaller chapels along this side of the church. The new cathedral can be seen in the background, towering over this wall.

This window at the back of the adjacent new cathedral gives a view of the old cathedral ruins from anywhere in the nave. The new cathedral building is ultra-modern, built with gifts from well-wishers and artists from all over the world.

Lady Godiva was a person of good works from Coventry. Tradition says that she rode naked through the streets to get her husband to lower taxes on the poor. To show their respect, the local people did not look at her. A statue of her on her horse is under a huge tent in the center of town. Lots of people now look at her statue.

That part of town has separate bus lanes and one way streets. Charlie still doesn't know what he did wrong as he drove through the area, but a bus driver came to a stop, slapped his knee in laughter, and suggested that Charlie move out of his way.

We stopped in Moreton-in-Marsh, another small community along the way. Jenny loves all kinds of food shops, especially this butcher shop that had a beautiful display of meat pies.

We arrived in the old Roman town of Cirencester just as the public market was closing. We walked through the town, and found the candy Jenny remembered from her time in the UK almost 40 years ago.

We went through the church, which seems largely unchanged over the centuries. Unfortunately the tower is no longer open to visitors, due to safety regulations. (Apparently OSHA has spread to England.)