Photography of the grand houses in Broad Street was compromised by parked cars. This contrasted with Lavenham, where the extensive use of double yellow lines made life easier on the photographer, if not the motorist.
Alec Clifton-Taylor says "Broad Street is unforgettable - indeed one of the best in England". He also describes one of the timber framed houses there as evoking "nothing so much as a visit to the oculist".
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The walk along the river from Ludford Bridge to Dinham Bridge and up to the castle was magical, even though the salmon had taken Sunday off and were not leaping.
The castle ruins were extensive and provided many fine views, either from the top of the tower, looking towards Clee Hill or through the many windows and doorways.
As always Alec Clifton-Taylor is spot-on in describing St Laurence church as "stately and finely proportioned, yet, like so many town churches, not very lovable".
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Van Dyke brown tints seemed to suit the mood best.
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The sign advises hostile forces to "Please keep to the stone steps" but it looks like they had other ideas.
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The castle hosts a medieval Christmas market each year and preparations were well in hand.
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We had previously spent a wet Friday afternoon in Worcester where the crypt of the cathedral was a favourite spot. I had always assumed that crypts were an integral part of the building to compensate for changes in the ground level but this was not so. It seems that crypts were excavated to give the monks a sense of what it must have been like for early Christians meeting in the catacombs of Rome. The crypt at Worcester dates from 1089 and, unlike most of the fabric, is probably original.
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