A bit of a different post from me today, so it'll make a change.
Early in September it was my daughter no3 Holly's graduation ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral.
I did feel sorry for her the few days before were blistering sunshine and on her day it didn't stop raining all damn day! So it kind of ruined what her and her pals had planned for photos and the like. We were there pretty early, (Mrs R always like to get to places far too early for my liking) But who am I to argue? We were standing outside the Cathedral for around an hour while it was chucking it down and had another hour or so to go till the start of the ceremony, when Holly says we could stand around in the Cloisters, some people are having photos there. It was a face palm moment, so a big group of us wandered around the other side of the grounds into the cloisters where believe it or not it wasn't raining!!! So there we stood, taking loads of photos of Holly and her pals in their gowns. Perfect we got all the photos we needed.......BUT we still had some time to kill, so I took a walk around the cloisters.
The first 3 pics are inside the Cathedral a little later.
On my stroll around the cloisters I began to notice all the old graffiti, scratched into the stone work, so I've taken some pics to share with you.
Mrs R and Mother in law and Riley
I just find this fascinating, knowing that these people back in 1603 and 1764, carved their names or initials into the walls. I wonder what happened if they were caught?
Not sure what these are?
I hope you enjoyed this echo in time as much as I did?
And how could I not include my Proud Dad moment!!
Holly on her graduation.
She's very embarrassed about being on my blog, for all the old farts to see, that was her saying that not me!
Thanks for sharing Ray...so interesting! Congratulations young lady - from one of the old farts! πππ»πΎπ₯
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Holly. I enjoyed a visit to Canturbury a few yers back.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Holly on her graduation.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your daughter Ray. The old graffiti is very interesting, although at the time the village elders must have been wondering what society was coming to.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations Holly and Ray!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the big day, for Holly and the family.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your daughter Ray and some very interesting pictures of the cathedral, it's such an impressive building.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Holly (from Old Fart), a great day for you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations π π
ReplyDeleteCracking post, Ray, and massive congratulations to Holly on her graduation! A very proud moment indeed. The pictures of the cathedral cloisters and the old carved graffiti are brilliant—fascinating to see those marks left behind across the centuries.
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Andy
Congratulations Holly. A great venue to have ones graduation.
ReplyDeleteWell, I will add my congratulations, and you can tell Holly she is lucky she knows she is on your blog - I put the photos of my daughter's graduation up without her knowledge! When we visited Exeter Cathedral 11 years ago, there was a lot of similar historical criminal damage there too!
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the rain, but good they were at Canterbury!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Holly and proud dad Ray.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Ray, job well done mum and dad (and the young one!). An impressive place to have the graduation, too. We have to enjoy those proud dad moments when we can! Cheers, Aaron
ReplyDeleteNice Ray proud father moment π as it happens my brother is a stonemason on the Cathederal and having been brought up in Folkestone I know it quite well.
ReplyDeleteWell done Holly. I hope the Old Bugger behaved himself!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and congratulations to Holly!
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely father/daughter moment.
ReplyDeleteMine was last year so I know how you feel.
It was scorching hot in July 2025 at Norfolk University!