This is the last post on ABBA for this year; we'll be back on 1st January.
A huge thank you to you, our readers, and to all our contributors, who have provided such a mix of entertaining and informative posts: I hope they've helped to lighten up this strange year. I think next year is probably going to have a pretty shaky start, but let's hope that it gets into the swing of things as spring brings hope and light back to us.
I'm going to leave you with some images of Christmas at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, near where I live. It's always a very special place, surrounded as it is by the most beautiful and peaceful gardens, and with, of course, the cathedral itself next door - if you haven't visited, and you get the chance, you really should come and see it.
But there was something particularly special about the decorations this year. The tables were set in the style of different periods from the cathedral's long history (800 years this year), and you really felt as if you were moving through time, in company with friendly ghosts. And the exhibition of trees made by local schools from recycled materials was wonderful, showing such creativity and imagination.
So there we are. See you next year!
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| A mediaeval setting. |
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| I think this was 19th century, but it may have been 18th. |
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| Some of the trees created by schoolchildren. |
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| The cathedral itself, seen from the gardens. The stream at the front comes from one of the wells from which the city takes its name. |
