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Ely Service - tick

We returned from Ely about an hour ago. After we returned the Wonderful Wizards of Music came and sorted music for tomorrow and the next day, thanks team.

We set off at a reasonable hour this morning by coach from Cambridge to Ely, where we had a rehearsal in the Song School. This was interrupted before it started with a fire alarm, which led to us warming up in the porch outside the West Door.
The Song School in Ely

Just before the fire alarm went off...


Warmups outside the West Door while waiting for the Firies

Following this it was freet time in Ely, lunch at leisure (at the local pub, where the beer was Wooly Pig) and a tour of the Cathedral.

Evensong was lovely, if not a little chilly. It is rare to see your own breath as you sing the Office. Tomorrow we are off to Peterborough. Gotta sleep now. The whole time issue is still a bit peculiar. Has been dark for ages and it is only 9:30pm.

Cxxx

Ely Cathedral

I made Alice stand here as I wanted to take a photo of the locals


This tour's first experience in an English Cathedral



After Evensong - it takes me a while to get used to Christmas Trees in the cold

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