HP sites (visiting)

[cubfanbudwoman]

Goddlefrood:
> Westminster Cathedral is a gem, tucked away as it is off the 
> main drag. The Abbey is in plain view, before anyone asks ;-)

SSSusan:
You're the second person to suggest that to me in the last couple of 
weeks.  We aren't going to have a whole lot of time in London itself, 
but I will run this option past the fam. 


Gavin:
> Most Cathedrals welcome visitors, even during services and 
> in fact they are well worthwhile visiting during a service 
> to put them in actual context. Gloucester Cathedral, iirc, 
> and I haven't been there for more than 30 years, is one of 
> few (Lincoln, Exeter, Chester are others) that has retained 
> the entirity of its original structures. That is the Cathedral 
> itself and surrounding buildings, such as the priory and 
> cloisters. You may even get to my old stomping ground of 
> Bristol, which was formerly in Gloucestershire before getting 
> too big for itself.

SSSusan:
Hee.  Must've been that reference to Bristol by Hagrid early in 
PS/SS, eh? ;)

Anyway, it's the cloisters area of Gloucester Cathedral that I'm 
especially interested in, partly for the HP connection and partly 
just because it's lovely.  That and the tower there.  (We're planning 
on a couple of steep-and-tight-stairs-which-reward-with-certificates-
afterwards climbs, the other being Monument in London.  You know, the 
kind of thing 10- and 12-year-old kids get a kick out of.)  


> Goddlefrood:
> 
> Be careful of the rooks too, they bite.

SSSusan:
Seriously? :)

 
Goddlefrood:
> Having lived in London for some years I always found the buses 
> quite good and they're much cheaper than the tube (get a day 
> pass anyway, you can use them on tubes, buses and trains). The 
> bus routes follow the main roads, and even though I never was 
> a tourist in the metropolis, I could recommend the upper deck 
> of the double deckers for a good view of the city while you 
> ride on them. 

SSSusan:
Good, that's what I'd hoped to hear.


SSSusan:
> > Anybody else been to Leadenhall or Gloucester or have additional 
> > advice? :)
 
Goddlefrood:
> Try going to Castle Combe or Wookey Hole (not home to Chewbacca). 
> No doubt a certain Mr. Banister can assist. Both are proximate 
> to Somerset. Bath too, for its Georgian architecture and Roman 
> remains. Aqua Sulis anyone?

SSSusan:
Sometimes I just sit and look at maps of England and read all the 
names of towns and villages and just chuckle.  So delightful.  Wookey 
Hole.  LOL.

Thanks, Gav.

Siriusly Snapey Susan