Trip to Durham
Aug. 27th, 2013 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rich_jackoOn Saturday I completed my Northumberland adventures for this summer, by going to Durham to see the Lindisfarne Gospels. I met up with the Chivers (who were coming down from Newcastle) and after the exhibition we also looked around the cathedral, had a nice lunch and went for a walk down by the river (the Wear with its many weirs!).
The Gospels are in Durham until the end of September, and I definitely recommend going to see them if you get the chance. You need to book ahead, as the numbers are restricted in the climate-controlled exhibition. While the book itself is amazing (and 1,300 years old!), there is only so much time you can spend looking at a single book open on one page. However, there is a lot of other stuff on display and the exhibition is well worth the money. Even better was the free talk in the gallery afterwards, and getting to leaf through a £15,000 (or £9,000 on ebay!) facsimilie of the whole book.
Another Durham highlight was the Lego version of the cathedral they are building. You can donate to charity, buy bricks and add them to the model. Best. Fundraising. Idea. Ever. The Goblin and I bought a few bricks, but there's still a long way to go. I've completed my own version, but then it is quite a lot smaller (174 bricks as opposed to 200,000)...
The Gospels are in Durham until the end of September, and I definitely recommend going to see them if you get the chance. You need to book ahead, as the numbers are restricted in the climate-controlled exhibition. While the book itself is amazing (and 1,300 years old!), there is only so much time you can spend looking at a single book open on one page. However, there is a lot of other stuff on display and the exhibition is well worth the money. Even better was the free talk in the gallery afterwards, and getting to leaf through a £15,000 (or £9,000 on ebay!) facsimilie of the whole book.
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Another Durham highlight was the Lego version of the cathedral they are building. You can donate to charity, buy bricks and add them to the model. Best. Fundraising. Idea. Ever. The Goblin and I bought a few bricks, but there's still a long way to go. I've completed my own version, but then it is quite a lot smaller (174 bricks as opposed to 200,000)...
