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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 14/9/2015: St Cybi's church, Holyhead, Wales
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:45:08 -0500
References: <2535C633-8333-410B-8640-7F8BFA322953@frozenlight.eu>

Nice work, Nathan.  I particularly like the interior (second) shot. Very 
impressive architectural work.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/15/2015 11:37 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Yesterday morning I said goodbye to my daughter at the hospital in 
> Bodelwyddan, on the north coast of Wales, where she will be the next 3 
> months, doing an internship. My flight home from Liverpool was in the 
> evening, so I drove west, all the way along the north coast and across 
> Anglesey, ending up in Holyhead. As I was walking around the town, I 
> happened on this church, apparently founded by St Cybi, cousin of the 
> patron saint of Wales, St David. There has been a church here since the 
> 6th century, although of course the current structure is much more recent:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MHdjgCv/A
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> I went inside:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QMndwGN/A
>
> There were some interesting details:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TVLD79r/A
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> But as so often happens when travelling, it is meeting the people that 
> makes a place special. These two volunteers (stewards, they call 
> themselves), show people around and explain various features of the 
> church. They were with someone else when I came in, so I just looked 
> around on my own (which I prefer anyway). But as I was leaving, they 
> approached me and apologised for not being available, and asked where I 
> was from?a simple question, the answer to which is complicated in my 
> case?So we had a nice chat and at the end I got them to pose for me:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cp8HGCP/A
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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