The tour of the house was very interesting and
the guides friendly and knowledgeable but we were not allowed to
take photos of anything inside the house. If you are interested,
you can go to the Dumfries House "
Explore the House"
website where you will find photos and information concerning
all the rooms we saw on our tour together with many of the
pieces of furniture.
Our next stop, Carlisle Cathedral, was more than two hours away. As Satoshi had contacted them about seeing a
particular brass etching that is not normally available to the
public, we had to be there by 3:30pm. This meant we had very
little time to wander around the gardens.
We arrived at
Carlisle Cathedral
with at least five minutes to spare! It is the second smallest
of England's ancient cathedrals (after Oxford) due to heavy
losses to its fabric over the centuries. It is, however, very
much worth visiting, as I hope the photos below will show. There
was much activity in the cathedral as a concert was due to take
place that evening. You will see a variety of electrical
equipment and TV screens in some of the photos - it couldn't be
helped!