{"id":5667,"date":"2011-07-04T10:11:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2011-07-04T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:11:30","slug":"mom-and-my-uk-adventure-pt-12-worcester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5667","title":{"rendered":"Mom and my UK adventure – pt 12 – Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another work day in the a.m., and tourist day in the afternoon.\u00a0 Today we visited Worcester in the county of Worcestershire, and a visit not far from the office.\u00a0 First we walked around the town, wandering the shops, and visiting a National Heritage site, The Grayfriers, which was built in 1480 and later restored.<\/p>\n

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The Greyfriars<\/p><\/div>\n

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There were many handmade items on display.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The included many large panels of Jacobean crewel embroidery. <\/p><\/div>\n

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From there we went to Worcester Cathedral.\u00a0 The last time Derry and I visited, we made the 235 step climb up the incredibly narrow, winding staircase to the bell tower.\u00a0 It’s so narrow that the traffic is one way.\u00a0 There is a person on the bottom and top with a walkie-talkie to get clearance on how many are coming up or down.\u00a0 According to the literature, “during the civil war in 1651, it was said that the future King Charles II viewed the Battle of Worcester from the top of the tower.” On this visit, the tower was closed.\u00a0 That was fine by me as there was no way I wanted to make that climb again let alone suggest that mom make it.\u00a0 I remember I was so tired on the way up that there were times I didn’t think I could make it.\u00a0 While the architecture and artwork throughout is spectacular, I am particularly drawn to the archways in the basement\u00a0 crypt.\u00a0 When mom and I finished going through the Cathedral, we had delicious Victoria sponge cake and tea.<\/p>\n

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The tomb of bad King John.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mom and me after tea.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another work day in the a.m., and tourist day in the afternoon.\u00a0 Today we visited Worcester in the county of Worcestershire, and a visit not far from the office.\u00a0 First we walked around the town, wandering the shops, and visiting a National Heritage site, The Grayfriers, which was built in 1480 and later restored. From […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5667"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5704,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions\/5704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}