Last Night in Canterbury and Travel to Exeter

Today was mainly a travel day going from the Southeast of England to the Southwest. Of course this meant going back through London to change trains (no trains run along the southern coast). But, this meant we could ride on the new Elizabeth (purple) subway line on the day it opened.

When we arrived in Exeter we had a little downtime to relax. Then we toured Exeter Cathedral, walked around town, and then went to evensong. They were very friendly at the cathedral and talked to us. The boy choristers were super fidgety, but otherwise it was a nice service. Unfortunately the organist didn’t play the big organ. (They used a small portable pipe organ near the choir.) David was sad because he wanted to hear the big pipes (their biggest is a 36 ft pipe). We also saw where the cathedral was bombed on one side during WWII but they had repaired it.

Nice town. More graffiti than I’ve seen elsewhere. Big community college right in the middle of town which is interesting. Not as nice as Canterbury in my book but the people are definitely very nice. Tomorrow on to Cornwall and Penzance.