Tuesday 8 September 2015

Devon Holiday - Buckfast Abbey

Quote from Wikipedia for Buckfast Abbey ...

In 1882 the site was purchased by a group of French Benedictine monks, who refounded a monastery on the site, dedicated to Saint Mary. New monastic buildings and a temporary church were constructed incorporating the existing Gothic house. Work on a new abbey church, which was constructed mostly on the footprint of the former Cistercian abbey, started in 1907. The church was consecrated in 1932 but not completed until 1938.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Abbey 

The amazing thing is that the Abbey was built over this period by the monks themselves.

The web site for the abbey can be found at :- http://www.buckfast.org.uk/

The Abbey is a real tranquil place to be and the Abbey and gardens are wonderful.





























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Cambridge University Botanic Garden with the Camera Club

Saturday 17th Feb 24 - Sue and I met up with other members of the Cambridge Camera Club at the  Cambridge University Botanic Garden .